american persimmon

Questions about american persimmon

What is another word for american persimmon?

It depends which american persimmon you mean. In the sense “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”, the synonyms are possumwood, Diospyros virginiana. Across all 1 sense there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of american persimmon?

WordNet records no antonym for american persimmon. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for american persimmon come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of american persimmon

• Full entry for american persimmonAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for american persimmonWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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