possumwood

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noun

Diospyros virginiana (American persimmon) native to warm-temperate North America.

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American persimmonDiospyros virginiana
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Meanings

nounpossumwood (plural not attested)
  1. Any member of the following species of trees or the wood of those trees:
    1. no pluraluncommonDiospyros virginiana (American persimmon) native to warm-temperate North America.
    2. no pluraluncommonHura crepitans (sandbox tree), native to the tropical Americas;
    3. no pluraluncommonQuintinia sieberi (rough possumwood), a rainforest tree native to eastern Australia.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounmedium-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

Similar
American persimmonDiospyros virginiana
Broader
persimmonpersimmon tree
Also see
american persimmonsandbox tree

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From possum + wood.

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APA

possumwood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/possumwood

MLA

“possumwood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/possumwood. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “possumwood,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/possumwood.

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