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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">common persimmon</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>Diospyros virginiana</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>persimmon</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>American persimmon</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>eastern persimmon</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>persimmon, common</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>possum apple</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>possumwood</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ 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. ]]></note></mads>