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Diospyros

noun

a genus of trees or shrubs that have beautiful and valuable wood

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Ebenaceae, ↑family Ebenaceae, ↑ebony family

• Member Meronyms:

↑ebony, ↑ebony tree, ↑Diospyros ebenum, ↑marblewood, ↑marble-wood, ↑Andaman marble, ↑Diospyros kurzii, ↑persimmon, ↑persimmon tree, ↑Japanese persimmon, ↑kaki, ↑Diospyros kaki, ↑American persimmon, ↑possumwood, ↑Diospyros virginiana

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\\ˌdīəˈspīrəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, a plant, probably gromwell, from Greek, from Dios (gen. of Zeus) + pyros wheat — more at furze

: a genus of trees and shrubs (family Ebenaceae) found throughout the warmer parts of the world that have beautiful and valuable wood, leaves alternate and leathery, and fruit a 1- to 10-seeded berry — see ebony, persimmon

Useful english dictionary. 2012.