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calamander

Flag: gbEnglishOxford New American Dictionary
calamander /ˈkaləˌmandər, ˈkæləˌmændər / (also calamander wood)
▸ noun another term for coromandel.
– ORIGIN early 19th century : from Sinhalese kaḷu-madīriya, perhaps from Coromandel ebony (see coromandel), changed by association with Sinhalese kaḷu ‘black’.