genus diospyros

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   a genus of trees or shrubs that have beautiful and valuable wood

   SynonymsDiospyros

   Broaderdicot genus

   Part ofEbenaceae

Questions about genus diospyros

What does genus diospyros mean?

genus diospyros means "a genus of trees or shrubs that have beautiful and valuable wood".

What is another word for genus diospyros?

Close synonyms include Diospyros. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus diospyros a common word?

genus diospyros is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.