Di·os·py·ros /daɪˈɑspəˌros/ 名詞
I·ron·wood n. Bot. A tree unusually hard, strong, or heavy wood.
Note: ☞ In the United States, the hornbeam and the hop hornbeam are so called; also the Olneya Tesota, a small tree of Arizona; in the West Indies, the Erythroxylon areolatum, and several other unrelated trees; in China, the Metrosideros vera; in India, the Mesua ferrea, and two species of Inga; in Australia, the Eucalyptus Sideroxylon, and in many countries, species of Sideroxylon and Diospyros, and many other trees.
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Diospyros
n : a genus of trees or shrubs that have beautiful and valuable
wood [syn: genus Diospyros]