JAPANESE PERSIMMON

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Diospyros kaki; Japanese persimmon; kaki

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Japanese persimmon" is a kind of...):

persimmon; persimmon tree (any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros)

Meronyms (parts of "Japanese persimmon"):

persimmon (orange fruit resembling a plum; edible when fully ripe)

Holonyms ("Japanese persimmon" is a member of...):

Diospyros; genus Diospyros (a genus of trees or shrubs that have beautiful and valuable wood)