the hard black-and-brown striped wood of several trees of the genus Diospyros, esp D. quaesita of India and Sri Lanka, used in making furniture: family Ebenaceae
See also ebony (sense 2)
Word origin
C19: metathetic variant of coromandel in Coromandel Coast
calamander in American English
(ˈkæləˌmændər)
noun
the hard, heavy, black wood of various East Indian trees (genus Diospyros) of the ebony family, used in furniture