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:

Dense wood of the species Diospyros texana, native to Texas and Oklahoma in the United States, and northeastern Mexico. The sapwood is yellow, while the heartwood found in large trees is ebony black. It is used for furniture and printing blocks, among other purposes.