kaki persimmon tree

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• persimmon tree — noun any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros • Syn: ↑persimmon • Hypernyms: ↑fruit tree • Hyponyms: ↑Japanese persimmon, ↑kaki, ↑Diospyros kaki, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• kaki — /ˈkaki/ (say kahkee) noun (plural kakis) 1. a variety of persimmon tree, Diospyros kaki, originally from China and now widely cultivated for its fruit in Asia, Europe and America. 2. the edible fruit of this tree. {Japanese} …  

• Persimmon — This article is about the edible fruit. For other uses, see Persimmon (disambiguation). Persimmon American persimmon flower Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

• kaki — noun 1. small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit • Syn: ↑Japanese persimmon, ↑Diospyros kaki • Hypernyms: ↑persimmon, ↑persimmon tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Diospyros, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• kaki — n. deciduous Asiatic tree that bears fruits, Japanese persimmon tree; large red or orange fruit of the Japanese persimmon tree; somewhat black stilt found in New Zealand (Zoology) …   English contemporary dictionary

• kaki — /kah kee/, n., pl. kakis. 1. the Japanese persimmon tree. 2. the fruit of this tree. [1720 30; < Japn] * * * …   Universalium

• Persimmon — Per*sim mon, n. [Virginia Indian.] (Bot.) An American tree ({Diospyros Virginiana}) and its fruit, found from New York southward. The fruit is like a plum in appearance, but is very harsh and astringent until it has been exposed to frost, when it …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• persimmon — /peuhr sim euhn/, n. 1. any of several trees of the genus Diospyros, esp. D. virginiana, of North America, bearing astringent, plumlike fruit that is sweet and edible when ripe, and D. kaki, of Japan and China, bearing soft, red or orange fruit.… …   Universalium

• persimmon — noun Etymology: Virginia Algonquian pessemmin Date: 1612 1. any of a genus (Diospyros) of trees of the ebony family with hard fine wood, oblong leaves, and small bell shaped flowers; especially an eastern United States tree (D. virginiana) or a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• persimmon — noun /pəːˈsɪmən,pəɹˈsɪmən/ a) A type of fruit, of orange colour, very sweet, quite astringent when immature. b) The tree this fruit grows on, a species of ebony, Diospyros kaki …   Wiktionary

• persimmon — [pə sɪmən] noun 1》 an edible fruit resembling a large tomato, with very sweet flesh. 2》 the tree which yields persimmons. [Diospyros virginiana (America) and D. kaki (Japan).] Origin C17: alt. of Algonquian pessemmins …   English new terms dictionary