Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Materials Facet
3. Materials (hierarchy name)
4. materials (substances)
5. [materials by origin]
6. biological material
7. plant material
8. [wood and wood by product]
9. wood (plant material)
10. [wood by composition or origin]
11. hardwood
12. persimmon (wood)

Anotations

Scope note:

Wood of the species Diospyros virginiana, native to North America, with wide, straw-colored commercial sapwood and a small core of black heartwood. It is heavy, strong, close-grained, and used in woodturning.