Definition of Diospyros virginiana

1. Noun. Medium-sized tree of dry woodlands in the southern and eastern United States bearing yellow or orange very astringent fruit that is edible when fully ripe.

Exact synonyms: American Persimmon, Possumwood
Terms within: Persimmon
Group relationships: Diospyros, Genus Diospyros
Generic synonyms: Persimmon, Persimmon Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diospyros Virginiana

Diophantus
Dior
Dioscorea alata
Dioscorea batata
Dioscorea bulbifera
Dioscorea elephantipes
Dioscorea paniculata
Dioscorea trifida
Dioscoreaceae
Dioscuri
Diospyros
Diospyros ebenum
Diospyros kaki
Diospyros kurzii
Diospyros lotus
Diospyros virginiana
DipIT
Dipetalonema reconditum
Dipetalonema streptocerca
Diphda
Diphylla
Diphylla ecaudata
Diphyllobothrium cordatum
Diphyllobothrium latum
Diphyllobothrium linguloides
Diphyllobothrium mansoni
Diphyllobothrium mansonoides
Dipladenia
Dipladenia boliviensis
Diplazium pycnocarpon

Literary usage of Diospyros virginiana

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Medicinal Plants: Being Descriptions with Original Figures of the Principal ...by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen (1880)
"... diospyros virginiana, Linn. Persimmon. Official Part and Name.—DIOSPYROS, Persimmon ; the unripe fruit (USP, Secondary). ..."

2. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1843)
"The unripe Fruit of the diospyros virginiana a powerful Astringent. By Dr METTAUER. (American Journal of the Medical Sciences, October 1842. ..."

3. The Forester's Manual: Or, The Forest Trees of Eastern North America by Ernest Thompson Seton (1912)
"(diospyros virginiana) A small tree 30 to 50 feet high, famous for the fruit so astringent and puckery when unripe, so luscious when frosted and properly ..."

4. London Trees: Being an Account of the Trees that Succeed in London, with a by Angus Duncan Webster (1920)
"Persimmon or Virginian Date Plum (diospyros virginiana) FUDGING by the healthy appearance and size to J which it has attained in Kensington Gardens and ..."

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