English > persimmon: 2 senses > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros. |
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| Synonym | persimmon tree |
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| Member of | Diospyros, genus Diospyros | A genus of trees or shrubs that have beautiful and valuable wood |
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| Narrower | American persimmon, possumwood, Diospyros virginiana | medium-sized tree of dry woodlands in the southern and eastern United States bearing yellow or orange very astringent fruit that is edible when fully ripe |
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| Japanese persimmon, kaki, Diospyros kaki | small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit |
| date plum, Diospyros lotus | An Asiatic persimmon tree cultivated for its small yellow or purplish-black edible fruit much valued by Afghan tribes |
| Broader | fruit tree | Tree bearing edible fruit |
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| Spanish | caqui, kaki |
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| Catalan | banús, caquier, caqui, persimó |
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