Definition of Diospyros lotus

1. Noun. An Asiatic persimmon tree cultivated for its small yellow or purplish-black edible fruit much valued by Afghan tribes.

Exact synonyms: Date Plum
Generic synonyms: Persimmon, Persimmon Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diospyros Lotus

Diophantine equations
Diophantus
Dior
Dioscorea alata
Dioscorea batata
Dioscorea bulbifera
Dioscorea elephantipes
Dioscorea paniculata
Dioscorea trifida
Dioscoreaceae
Dioscuri
Diospyros
Diospyros ebenum
Diospyros kaki
Diospyros kurzii
Diospyros lotus
Diospyros virginiana
DipIT
Dipetalonema reconditum
Dipetalonema streptocerca
Diphda
Diphylla
Diphylla ecaudata
Diphyllobothrium cordatum
Diphyllobothrium latum
Diphyllobothrium linguloides
Diphyllobothrium mansoni
Diphyllobothrium mansonoides
Dipladenia
Dipladenia boliviensis

Literary usage of Diospyros lotus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manual of Tropical and Subtropical Fruits: Excluding the Banana, Coconut by Wilson Popenoe (1920)
"As a stock, diospyros lotus is adapted to the drier parts of the West, where D. virginiana does not succeed. ..."

2. Forest Flora of Japan: Notes on the Forest Flora of Japan by Charles Sprague Sargent (1894)
"The fruit is small and of an inferior quality. diospyros lotus may be expected to endure the climate of our northern states. ..."

3. The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically by Daniel Jay Browne (1846)
"The only hardy species cultivated to much extent in Europe or America, are the European lotus, (diospyros lotus,) and the Virginian date plum, ..."

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