noun
an Asiatic persimmon tree cultivated for its small yellow or purplish-black edible fruit much valued by Afghan tribes
• Syn: ↑Diospyros lotus
• Hypernyms: ↑persimmon, ↑persimmon tree
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noun : persimmon; especially : an Asiatic persimmon (Diospyros lotus) sometimes cultivated for its small yellow or purplish edible fruits
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date plum noun
The persimmon
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Main Entry: ↑date
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date plum,
1. the fruit of any of various trees, such as the persimmon.
2. any of these trees.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.