English Explanatory Dictionary

possumwood

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of tree of a few species or the wood of such trees:
  2. Diospyros virginiana (American persimmon) native to warm-temperate North America.
  3. Hura crepitans (sandbox tree), native to the tropical Americas;
  4. Quintinia sieberi, a rainforest tree native to eastern Australia.

Word forms

possumwood

Etymology

From possum + wood.

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