calamander

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English

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bookmatched veneer

Etymology

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From Sinhalese [script needed] (kaḷu-madīriya), perhaps from Coromandel ebony (see coromandel), changed by association with Sinhalese කළු (kaḷu, black);[1] or perhaps a metathetic variant of coromandel[2] via Dutch kalamanderhout.[3][4]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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calamander (usually uncountable, plural calamanders)

  1. A wood from India and Sri Lanka, of a hazel-brown color, with black stripes, very hard in texture. It is a kind of ebony obtained from species of Diospyros, especially Diospyros quaesita, used to make furniture.

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References

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  1. ^ calamander”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  2. ^ calamander”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  3. ^ calamander”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
  4. ^ calamander”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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