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possumwood en · NOUN

Etymology

From possum + wood.

Meanings

1. (no-plural, uncommon) Any member of the following species of trees or the wood of those trees: ▸ Diospyros virginiana (American persimmon) native to warm-temperate North America.
2. (no-plural, uncommon) Any member of the following species of trees or the wood of those trees: ▸ Hura crepitans (sandbox tree), native to the tropical Americas;
3. (no-plural, uncommon) Any member of the following species of trees or the wood of those trees: ▸ Quintinia sieberi (rough possumwood), a rainforest tree native to eastern Australia.

Deriveds

smooth possumwood · grey possumwood

Relateds

opossum wood