Definition of Japanese persimmon
1. Noun. Small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit.
Terms within: Persimmon
Group relationships: Diospyros, Genus Diospyros
Generic synonyms: Persimmon, Persimmon Tree
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Literary usage of Japanese persimmon
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1. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1887)
"The Japanese persimmon grows like an oak and you can hardly get it to form any such roots. The European persimmon, on the contrary, has a fine root system ..."
2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"One of the great drawbacks in the cultivation of the Japanese persimmon has been the dropping of the flowers, so that trees and plantations may remain ..."
3. Florida Fruits and how Raise Them by Helen Garnie Warner (1886)
"Among the fruits quite recently introduced into Florida, and indeed into the United States, is the Diospyros kaki, or Japanese persimmon. ..."
4. Manual of Tropical and Subtropical Fruits: Excluding the Banana, Coconut by Wilson Popenoe (1920)
"THE KAKI OR Japanese persimmon (Plate XXI) (Diospyros Kaki, L. f.) The Japanese, who cultivate more than 800 varieties of the kaki, consider it one of their ..."