diospyros lotus

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsdate plum

   Broaderpersimmon

Questions about diospyros lotus

What does diospyros lotus mean?

diospyros lotus 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 diospyros lotus?

Close synonyms include date plum. 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 diospyros lotus a common word?

diospyros lotus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.