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KAKI

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Blackish stilt of New Zealand sometimes considered a color phase of the white-headed stilt

Synonyms:

Himantopus novae-zelandiae; kaki

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

Himantopus stilt; long-legs; longlegs; stilt; stilt plover; stiltbird (long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons)

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

genus Himantopus; Himantopus (major one of two genera of stilts; similar to avocets but with straight bills)

Sense 2

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

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

Meronyms (parts of "kaki"):

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

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

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

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