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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 fruitplay

  Familiarity information: JAPANESE PERSIMMON used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


JAPANESE PERSIMMON (noun)


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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