American persimmon
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 • Syn: possumwood, Diospyros virginiana • Hypernyms: persimmon, persimmon tree • Member Holonyms: Diospyros, genus Diospyros • Part Meronyms: persimmon
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