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PERSIMMON TREE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does persimmon tree mean?
• PERSIMMON TREE (noun)
The noun PERSIMMON TREE has 1 sense:
1. any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros
Familiarity information: PERSIMMON TREE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
persimmon; persimmon tree
Hypernyms ("persimmon tree" is a kind of...):
fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "persimmon tree"):
Diospyros kaki; Japanese persimmon; kaki (small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit)
American persimmon; Diospyros virginiana; possumwood (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)
date plum; Diospyros lotus (an Asiatic persimmon tree cultivated for its small yellow or purplish-black edible fruit much valued by Afghan tribes)
Holonyms ("persimmon tree" is a member of...):
Diospyros; genus Diospyros (a genus of trees or shrubs that have beautiful and valuable wood)
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