Diospyros

Diospyros is a genus (including what used to be Maba) of about 450-500 species of deciduous and evergreen trees. The majority are native to the tropics, with only a few species extending into temperate climates. The genus includes species of commercial importance, either for their edible fruit (including the persimmons, D. kaki and D. virginiana) or for their timber. These include the two trade groups of  ebony: the pure black ebony (notably D. ebenum, but also several other species) and the striped ebony (macassar, mun, and others). In most species in the genus this black ebony-type wood is (almost completely) absent: the timbers of such species may find restricted use, e.g. D. virginiana.
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Noun
1. a genus of trees or shrubs that have beautiful and valuable wood
(synonym) genus Diospyros
(hypernym) dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus
(member-holonym) Ebenaceae, family Ebenaceae, ebony family
(member-meronym) ebony, Diospyros ebenum