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Definition of Diospyros kurzii
1. Noun. Large Asiatic tree having hard marbled zebrawood.
Group relationships: Diospyros, Genus Diospyros
Terms within: Marble-wood, Marblewood
Generic synonyms: Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diospyros Kurzii
Literary usage of Diospyros kurzii
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial by Edward Balfour (1885)
"... but it bears fruit very sparingly, and is by no means equal to a good apple.—Roxb.
ii. 527; Mason; Eng. Cue; Smith. Diospyros kurzii. ..."
2. A Manual of Indian Timbers: An Account of the Growth, Distribution, and Uses by James Sykes Gamble (1902)
"... Mimu- sops, Diospyros kurzii (the valuable marble-wood) and others. Finally,
there is the Ceylon region, which is perhaps better ..."
3. A Text-book of Wood by Herbert Stone (1921)
"... and the Marble-wood of the Andamans (Diospyros kurzii), and even the Ceylon
Ebony and the Japanese Ebony or Marble-wood (D. Kaki) (Fig. 2, PI . ..."
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