hĕbĕnus

I. the ebon-tree, ebony: Diospyros ebenum, Linn.; Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 204; 6, 30, 35, § 197; Verg. G. 2, 117; Ov. M. 11, 610; Pers. 5, 135; cf. Isid. Orig. 17, 7, 36.