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The orange fruit of any of various species of trees in the genus Diospyros, especially Diospyros kaki (the kaki or Japanese persimmon) or Diospyros virginiana (the wild American persimmon), which is sweet when ripe and astringent when immature.
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Synonyms: date plum, kaki, Sharon fruit, possum apple, simmon
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The tree this fruit grows on, generally one of two species of ebony: Diospyros kaki (Asian) or Diospyros virginiana (North American).
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orange fruit resembling a plum; edible when fully ripe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: berry
any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: persimmon tree
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Broader terms: fruit tree
Narrower terms: Japanese persimmon, kaki, Diospyros kaki, American persimmon, possumwood, Diospyros virginiana, date plum, Diospyros lotus
From Powhatan pichamins, pushemins, pasimenan (“dried fruit”), from the same Proto-Algonquian root *-imin (“fruit, berry”) as Unami ximin.