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Abnus is the Arabic word for the ebanus {“ebon”} tree whose wood is black on the inside and whitish on the outside.
 
Abnus is the Arabic word for the ebanus {“ebon”} tree whose wood is black on the inside and whitish on the outside.
  
Cf. WEHR: ﺍﺑﻧﻮﺱ /abnūs/ “ebony”
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Cf. Wehr: ﺍﺑﻧﻮﺱ /abnūs/ “ebony”
  
 
More traditional Latin has (h)ebenus “the ebon-tree, ebony”, a word taken over from Greek    ἔβενος/ ἕβενος /(h)ébenos/ id.
 
More traditional Latin has (h)ebenus “the ebon-tree, ebony”, a word taken over from Greek    ἔβενος/ ἕβενος /(h)ébenos/ id.

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Abnus arabice ebanus arbor cuius lignum est interius nigrum extra vero subalbidum notum.

Abnus is the Arabic word for the ebanus {“ebon”} tree whose wood is black on the inside and whitish on the outside.

Cf. Wehr: ﺍﺑﻧﻮﺱ /abnūs/ “ebony”

More traditional Latin has (h)ebenus “the ebon-tree, ebony”, a word taken over from Greek ἔβενος/ ἕβενος /(h)ébenos/ id.