Phyllostachys nigra, native to Hunan province in China and widely cultivated, used for lumber as well as in gardens.

plural of black salve

Any of the species Gobius niger of ray-finned fishes, found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean and Black Seas.

(informal, slang, of persons, non-pejorative) Typifying characteristic traits (e.g. physical, cultural, linguistic, etc.) of African-American blacks, especially in defiant contrast to those of whites or white-favouring blacks; quintessentially or characteristically black

(figuratively) A female black sheep.

plural of black ewe

Any of certain Mondays when undesirable or turbulent events have occurred.

A waste product produced during digesting pulpwood into paper pulp.

plural of Black Cat

(card games) A combative variant of whist, similar to the game of hearts.