1. 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
   "Possumwood trees dot the autumn landscape with their bright orange fruits";
   - American persimmon, Diospyros virginiana

Derived forms: possumwoods

Type of: persimmon, persimmon tree

Part of: Diospyros, genus Diospyros

Encyclopedia: Possumwood