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DIOSPYROS KAKI

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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 ("Diospyros kaki" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "Diospyros kaki"):

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

Holonyms ("Diospyros kaki" is a member of...):

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

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