What is "possumwood"

n. 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 [syn: American persimmon, Diospyros virginiana]

Possumwood may refer to various trees:

• Diospyros virginiana (American Persimmon), in warm-temperate North America
• Hura crepitans (Sandbox Tree), in the tropical Americas
• Quintinia sieberi a rainforest tree of eastern Australia