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Define the word Diospyros

"Diospyros" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"

Ironwood \I"ron*wood`\, n. (Bot.)
   A tree unusually hard, strong, or heavy wood.
   [1913 Webster]

   Note: In the United States, the hornbeam and the hop hornbeam
         are so called; also the Olneya Tesota, a small tree
         of Arizona; in the West Indies, the Erythroxylon areolatum, and several other unrelated trees; in
         China, the Metrosideros vera; in India, the Mesua ferrea, and two species of Inga; in Australia, the
         Eucalyptus Sideroxylon, and in many countries,
         species of Sideroxylon and Diospyros, and many
         other trees.
         [1913 Webster]

"Diospyros" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"

Diospyros
     n : a genus of trees or shrubs that have beautiful and valuable
         wood [syn: genus Diospyros]