macassar ebony
noun
variants
or less commonly macassar
plural -s
: ebony sense 1
especially
: the ornately streaked and mottled wood of an East Indian ebony tree (Diospyros macassar)
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Makassar
geographical name
Ma·kas·sar
mə-ˈka-sər 
1
or Macassar
strait in Indonesia between eastern Borneo and western Sulawesi that connects the Celebes Sea with the Java Sea
2
or formerly Ujung Pandang
city and port on Makassar Strait in southwestern Sulawesi, Indonesia population 1,335,000
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