Something that is ebony is a very deep black colour.
[literary]
He had rich, soft ebony hair.
Synonyms: black, dark, jet, raven More Synonyms of ebony
ebony in British English
(ˈɛbənɪ)
nounWord forms: plural-onies
1.
any of various tropical and subtropical trees of the genus Diospyros, esp D. ebenum of S India, that have hard dark wood: family Ebenaceae
See also persimmon
2.
the wood of such a tree, much used for cabinetwork
3.
a.
a black colour, sometimes with a dark olive tinge
b.
(as adjective)
an ebony skin
Word origin
C16 hebeny, from Late Latin ebeninus from Greek ebeninos, from ebenos ebony, of Egyptian origin
ebony in American English
(ˈɛbəni)
nounWord forms: pluralˈebonies
1.
the hard, heavy, dark, durable wood of any of various trees, esp. of a group of persimmons native to tropical Africa, Asia, and Sri Lanka: it is used for furniture and decorative woodwork
2.
any tree that yields this wood
adjective
3.
made of ebony
4.
like ebony, esp. in color; dark or black
5.
designating a family (Ebenaceae, order Ebenales) of dicotyledonous tropical trees and shrubs, including the persimmon