Japanese persimmon

English

Noun

Japanese persimmon (plural Japanese persimmons)

1. The tree Diospyros kaki and its red or yellow edible fruit, which outwardly resembles a tomato, but contains a few large seeds.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “Japanese persimmon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Synonyms

• (Diospyros kaki): Chinese persimmon, kaki, kaki persimmon, Oriental persimmon

References

• Japanese persimmon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Diospyros kaki on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Diospyros kaki on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons