date plum

1. 1.

   an Asiatic persimmon tree cultivated for its small yellow or purplish-black edible fruit much valued by Afghan tribes

   SynonymsDiospyros lotus

   Broaderpersimmon

Questions about date plum

What does date plum mean?

date plum means "an Asiatic persimmon tree cultivated for its small yellow or purplish-black edible fruit much valued by Afghan tribes".

What is another word for date plum?

Close synonyms include Diospyros lotus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is date plum a common word?

date plum is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.