NOUN | plant | kaki, Japanese persimmon, Diospyros kaki | small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit |
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animal | kaki, Himantopus novae-zelandiae | blackish stilt of New Zealand sometimes considered a color phase of the white-headed stilt |
Meaning | small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit. | |
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Synonyms | Japanese persimmon, Diospyros kaki | |
Member of | Diospyros, genus Diospyros | A genus of trees or shrubs that have beautiful and valuable wood |
Parts | persimmon | orange fruit resembling a plum |
Broader | persimmon, persimmon tree | Any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros |
Spanish | caqui | |
Catalan | caqui |
Meaning | blackish stilt of New Zealand sometimes considered a color phase of the white-headed stilt. | |
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Synonym | Himantopus novae-zelandiae | |
Member of | Himantopus, genus Himantopus | major one of two genera of stilts |
Broader | stilt, stiltbird, longlegs, long-legs, stilt plover, Himantopus stilt | long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons |
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