possumwood

English

Etymology

From possum +‎ wood.

Noun

possumwood (plural not attested)

1. Any of tree of a few species or the wood of such trees:
   1. Diospyros virginiana (American persimmon) native to warm-temperate North America.
   2. Hura crepitans (sandbox tree), native to the tropical Americas;
   3. Quintinia sieberi, a rainforest tree native to eastern Australia.