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Diospyros kaki, Japanese persimmon, kaki
small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit
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American persimmon, Diospyros virginiana, possumwood
medium-sized tree of dry woodlands in the southern and eastern United States bearing yellow or orange very astringent fruit that is edible when fully ripe
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Diospyros lotus, date plum
an Asiatic persimmon tree cultivated for its small yellow or purplish-black edible fruit much valued by Afghan tribes
