Brya Ebenus

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Brya ebenus
    n 1: West Indian tree yielding a fine grade of green ebony [syn:
         {granadilla tree}, {granadillo}, {Brya ebenus}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

granadillo \gran`a*dil"lo\ n. (Bot.)
   A West Indian tree ({Brya ebenus}) yielding a fine grade of
   green ebony.

   Syn: granadilla tree, {Brya ebenus}.
        [WordNet 1.5]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Ebony \Eb"on*y\, n.; pl. {Ebonies}. [F. ['e]b[`e]ne, L. ebenus,
   fr. Gr. ?; prob. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. hobn[imac]m, pl.
   Cf. {Ebon}.]
   A hard, heavy, and durable wood, which admits of a fine
   polish or gloss. The usual color is black, but it also occurs
   red or green.
   [1913 Webster]

   Note: The finest black ebony is the heartwood of {Diospyros
         reticulata}, of the Mauritius. Other species of the
         same genus ({D. Ebenum}, {Melanoxylon}, etc.), furnish
         the ebony of the East Indies and Ceylon. The West
         Indian green ebony is from a leguminous tree ({Brya
         Ebenus}), and from the {Exc[ae]caria glandulosa}.
         [1913 Webster]