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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CALAMANDER WOOD

CALAMANDER WOOD Cal "a *man `der wood.

Defn: A valuable furniture wood from India and Ceylon, of a hazel- brown color, with black stripes, very hard in texture. It is a species of ebony, and is obtained from the Diospyros qusesita. Called also Coromandel wood.

New American Oxford Dictionary

calamander

cal a man der |ˈkaləˌmandər ˈkæləmændər |(also calamander wood ) ▶noun another term for coromandel. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Sinhalese kaḷu -madīriya, perhaps from Coromandel ebony (see coromandel ), changed by association with Sinhalese kaḷu ‘black. ’

Oxford Dictionary

calamander

calamander |ˈkaləmandə |(also calamander wood ) ▶noun another term for coromandel. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Sinhalese kaḷu -madīriya, perhaps from Coromandel ebony (see coromandel ), changed by association with Sinhalese kaḷu ‘black ’.