possumwood

English

Etymology

possum +‎ wood

Noun

possumwood (plural not attested)

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