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POSSUMWOOD
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
American persimmon; Diospyros virginiana; possumwood
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("possumwood" is a kind of...):
persimmon; persimmon tree (any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros)
Meronyms (parts of "possumwood"):
persimmon (orange fruit resembling a plum; edible when fully ripe)
Holonyms ("possumwood" is a member of...):
Diospyros; genus Diospyros (a genus of trees or shrubs that have beautiful and valuable wood)
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