English > Diospyros: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | A genus of trees or shrubs that have beautiful and valuable wood. |
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| Synonym | genus Diospyros |
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| Member of | Ebenaceae, family Ebenaceae, ebony family | fruit and timber trees of tropical and warm regions including ebony and persimmon |
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| Members | American persimmon, possumwood, Diospyros virginiana | medium-sized tree of dry woodlands in the southern and eastern United States bearing yellow or orange very astringent fruit that is edible when fully ripe |
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| Japanese persimmon, kaki, Diospyros kaki | small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit |
| ebony, ebony tree, Diospyros ebenum | Tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork / cabinetwork |
| marblewood, marble-wood, Andaman marble, Diospyros kurzii | large Asiatic tree having hard marbled zebrawood |
| persimmon, persimmon tree | Any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros |
| Broader | dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination |
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| Spanish | diospyros, genus diospyros |
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| Catalan | diospyros, genus diospyros |
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