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Japanese persimmon

noun

Small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit. Synonyms: Diospyros kaki, kaki.

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"Japanese persimmon" Quotes from Famous Books

... and the hospitality of the region generally to foreign growths may be estimated by the trees acclimated on these slopes. They are the pepper, eucalyptus, pine, cypress, sycamore, red-wood, olive, date and fan palms, banana, pomegranate, guava, Japanese persimmon, umbrella, maple, elm, locust, English walnut, birch, ailantus, poplar, willow, and more ornamental shrubs than one can ...

— Our Italy • Charles Dudley Warner

Words linked to "Japanese persimmon" : kaki, Diospyros, persimmon tree, genus Diospyros, persimmon