We found 2 definitions of diospyros from 2 different sources.
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diospyros - a genus of trees or shrubs that have beautiful and valuable wood | ||
genus Diospyros | ||
dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination | ||
ebenaceae, ebony family, family ebenaceae fruit and timber trees of tropical and warm regions including ebony and persimmon | ||
diospyros ebenum, ebony tree, ebony tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork | ||
andaman marble, diospyros kurzii, marble-wood, marblewood large Asiatic tree having hard marbled zebrawood | ||
persimmon tree, persimmon orange fruit resembling a plum; edible when fully ripe | ||
diospyros kaki, japanese persimmon, kaki small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit |