coromandel

== English == === Etymology === From the Coromandel Coast in India, a source of this wood. === Noun === coromandel (countable and uncountable, plural coromandels) Synonym of calamander. Synonym of Chinese violet. == Dutch == === Etymology === From the Coromandel Coast in India, a source of this wood. The neuter gender suggests that use as a common noun may be a shortening of coromandelhout. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /koː.roːˈmɑn.dəl/ Hyphenation: co‧ro‧man‧del === Noun === coromandel n (uncountable, no diminutive) calamander, striped ebony (a heavy wood, brown in color with deep black streaks, yielded by a limited number of species in the genus Diospyros) Synonym: coromandelhout