Eburneous means to resemble ivory, especially in color. Eburneous can also mean to resemble ivory in structure. Eburneous comes from the Latin word "ebur," meaning "ivory," and the Latin word "osus," meaning "characterized by." Put the two words together and you have "characterized by ivory."

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