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Answer for the clue "A genus of trees or shrubs that have beautiful and valuable wood ", 9 letters:
diospyros

Word definitions for diospyros in dictionaries

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Diospyros is a genus of over 700 species of deciduous and evergreen trees , shrubs and small bushes. The majority are native to the tropics , with only a few species extending into temperate regions. Depending on their nature, individual species are commonly ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ironwood \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 ...