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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

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Nouns denoting plants

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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