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Definition of Genus diospyros
1. Noun. A genus of trees or shrubs that have beautiful and valuable wood.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Ebenaceae, Ebony Family, Family Ebenaceae
Member holonyms: Diospyros Ebenum, Ebony, Ebony Tree, Andaman Marble, Diospyros Kurzii, Marble-wood, Marblewood, Persimmon, Persimmon Tree, Diospyros Kaki, Japanese Persimmon, Kaki, American Persimmon, Diospyros Virginiana, Possumwood
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Diospyros
Literary usage of Genus diospyros
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1914)
"... of which over half are referred to the genus Diospyros Linne. The family is
mainly tropical as are most of the species of Diospyros, but the latter is ..."
2. Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1879)
"... chiefly belonging to the genus Diospyros. In 1837 Blanco published his "Flora
de Filipinas," which contained a few new names of ..."
3. A Manual of the Medical Botany of North America by Laurence Johnson (1884)
"A small order, comprising 15 genera and 180 species, chiefly tropical..
Represented in North America by the genus DIOSPYROS. —PERSIMMON. ..."
4. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"... Genus DIOSPYROS, Linn. ROUND-HEADED trees, with zigzag branchlets and no
terminal buds; wood hard and close grained. Leaves leathery, entire, simple, ..."
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