Calakmul
a ruined Mayan city in SE Mexico.
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a glossy woolen fabric checkered or brocaded in the warp so that the pattern shows on one side only, much used in the 18th century. a garment made from this fabric. Historical Examples Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) Various noun a glossy woollen fabric woven with a checked design that shows […]
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the hard, mottled brown and black wood of any of several trees of the genus Diospyros, used for cabinetwork. noun the hard black-and-brown striped wood of several trees of the genus Diospyros, esp D. quaesita of India and Sri Lanka, used in making furniture: family Ebenaceae See also ebony (sense 2)
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