persimmon tree

Questions about persimmon tree

What does persimmon tree mean?

persimmon tree means "any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros".

What is another word for persimmon tree?

Close synonyms include persimmon. 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 persimmon tree a common word?

persimmon tree 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.