japanese persimmon

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   small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit

   SynonymskakiDiospyros kaki

   Broaderpersimmon

   Part ofDiospyros

   Partspersimmon

Questions about japanese persimmon

What does japanese persimmon mean?

japanese persimmon means "small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit".

What is another word for japanese persimmon?

Close synonyms include kaki, Diospyros kaki. 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 japanese persimmon a common word?

japanese persimmon 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.