'Diospyros' definitions:
Definition of 'Diospyros'
(from WordNet)
noun
A genus of trees or shrubs that have beautiful and valuable wood [syn: Diospyros, genus Diospyros]
Definition of 'Diospyros'
From: GCIDE
- 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]