calamander
/ˈkaləmandə
/(also calamander wood)
noun
Another term for coromandel.It can be striped with black or with shades of brown; these varieties are called calamander wood or variegated ebony....
- Next he took us on an interesting tour of the dining room which was dominated by a huge calamander dining table with a magnificent finish and twelve arm chairs.
- The body of the bowl is fashioned of decarbonized iron, inlaid with silver and gold and displayed on a calamander wood base.
Origin
Early 19th century: from Sinhalese kaḷu-madīriya, perhaps from Coromandel ebony (see coromandel), changed by association with Sinhalese kaḷu 'black'.
Rhymes
- pupilled
- pupil-less
- pupilless
- pupillizing
- pupillogram
- pupillograph
- pupillography
- pupillometer
- pupillometric
- pupillometrics
- pupillometry
- pupil-master
- pupil-monger
- pupil nurse
- pupilometer
- pupil power
- dispensability
- dispensable
- dispensary
- dispensation
- dispensational
- dispensationalism
- dispensationalist
- dispense
- dispenser