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noun
Any of tree of a few species or the wood of such trees:
Diospyros virginiana (American persimmon) native to warm-temperate North America.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: no-plural
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noun
Any of tree of a few species or the wood of such trees:
Hura crepitans (sandbox tree), native to the tropical Americas;
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: no-plural
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noun
Any of tree of a few species or the wood of such trees:
Quintinia sieberi, a rainforest tree native to eastern Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: no-plural
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noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: American persimmon, Diospyros virginiana
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: persimmon, persimmon tree
History
From possum + wood.
