| NOUN | plant | persimmon tree, persimmon | any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros |
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| Meaning | Any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros. | |
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| Synonym | persimmon | |
| Member of | Diospyros, genus Diospyros | A genus of trees or shrubs that have beautiful and valuable wood |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Spanish | caqui, kaki | |
| Catalan | banús, caquier, caqui, persimó | |
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