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JAPANESE PERSIMMON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Japanese persimmon mean?
• JAPANESE PERSIMMON (noun)
The noun JAPANESE PERSIMMON has 1 sense:
1. small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit
Familiarity information: JAPANESE PERSIMMON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Diospyros kaki; Japanese persimmon; kaki
Hypernyms ("Japanese persimmon" is a kind of...):
persimmon; persimmon tree (any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros)
Meronyms (parts of "Japanese persimmon"):
persimmon (orange fruit resembling a plum; edible when fully ripe)
Holonyms ("Japanese persimmon" is a member of...):
Diospyros; genus Diospyros (a genus of trees or shrubs that have beautiful and valuable wood)
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