calamander

English

bookmatched veneer

Wikispecies

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkæləˌmændə/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkæləˌmændɚ/
Hyphenation: cal‧a‧man‧der

Noun

calamander (usually uncountable, plural calamanders)

A valuable furniture wood from India and Ceylon, of a hazel-brown color, with black stripes, very hard in texture. It is a kind of ebony obtained from species of Diospyros, especially the Diospyros quaesita.

Synonyms

coromandel wood, coromandel

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for calamander in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Land camera

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