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Definition of Persimmon tree
1. Noun. Any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros.
Generic synonyms: Fruit Tree
Group relationships: Diospyros, Genus Diospyros
Specialized synonyms: Diospyros Kaki, Japanese Persimmon, Kaki, American Persimmon, Diospyros Virginiana, Possumwood, Date Plum, Diospyros Lotus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Persimmon Tree
Literary usage of Persimmon tree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"There is no better way to fix the persimmon tree indelibly in the mind than to yield
... The persimmon tree is not confined to the South, though its finest ..."
2. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Division of Plant Industry, Queensland (1911)
"The trunk of a persimmon tree more than a century old in a temple courtyard near
... The wild persimmon tree (Diospyros lotus) in its native habitat in the ..."
3. History of the Eleventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers, in the War of the by John C ] [Thompson (1881)
"... pucker from your mouth; But time will give the mellow taste, And then you'll
hail with glee. The queen of all the woody waste, The old persimmon tree. ..."
4. The Journey of Augustus Raymond Margary: From Shanghae to Bhamo, and Back to by Augustus Raymond Margary, Rutherford Alcock (1876)
"But the glory of the plain was the persimmon tree, all ablaze with the brightest
yellow autumn tint. Wild flowers abounded everywhere, including the ..."
5. The Nucleation of the Uncontaminated Atmosphere by Carl Barus (1906)
"As he was going along a small stream he heard some one up in a persimmon tree,
and so he thought that he would go over and see who it was. ..."
6. Traditions of the Caddo by George Amos Dorsey (1905)
"As he was going along a small stream he heard some one up in a persimmon tree,
and so he thought that he would go over and see who it was. ..."
7. Nature Study: One Hundred Lessons about Plants by David Worth Dennis (1903)
"The persimmon tree. A Special Case. Examine carefully several branches on which
persimmons grow and you will find that they grow on branchlets that have ..."
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