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KAKI
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Dictionary entry overview: What does kaki mean?
• KAKI (noun)
The noun KAKI has 2 senses:
1. small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit
2. blackish stilt of New Zealand sometimes considered a color phase of the white-headed stilt
Familiarity information: KAKI used as a noun is 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 ("kaki" is a kind of...):
persimmon; persimmon tree (any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros)
Meronyms (parts of "kaki"):
persimmon (orange fruit resembling a plum; edible when fully ripe)
Holonyms ("kaki" is a member of...):
Diospyros; genus Diospyros (a genus of trees or shrubs that have beautiful and valuable wood)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Blackish stilt of New Zealand sometimes considered a color phase of the white-headed stilt
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Himantopus novae-zelandiae; kaki
Hypernyms ("kaki" is a kind of...):
Himantopus stilt; long-legs; longlegs; stilt; stilt plover; stiltbird (long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons)
Holonyms ("kaki" is a member of...):
genus Himantopus; Himantopus (major one of two genera of stilts; similar to avocets but with straight bills)
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