Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A tree (Diospyros kaki) native to China, widely cultivated for its large edible fruit, having orange to reddish skin, orange flesh, and an enlarged, persistent calyx.
- noun The fruit of this tree.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The persimmon of Japan, or Chinese date, Diospyros Kaki, or its fruit.
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- noun A
persimmon . - adjective Alternative spelling of
khaki .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit
- noun blackish stilt of New Zealand sometimes considered a color phase of the white-headed stilt
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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There is an exquisite Japanese iris-flower, of rainbow-violet colour, which flower is named kaki - tsubata; and there is a song about that flower called kaki-tsubata-no - uta.
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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Japanese restaurant or izakaya, I would always order a dish of fried appetizer and my favorite is deep-fried oysters or panko-crusted oysters. is called kaki fry or kaki furai, and those two words are probably the first few
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(simple open-air eateries) and mobile food carts called kaki lima, which literally translates as "five feet" -- it refers to the sum of the vendor's two feet and the cart's three (two wheels in the front and one supporting leg in the rear).
The Dish: Gado-Gado 2008
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Ai, I was surprised to see called 'kaki' on the label.
twelve22 2009
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As I understand it, only Japanese persimmons (the most common variety) are called kaki.
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They sell them here in London on Portobello Market, near me and I seem to remember seeing them lots of other places (Sainsburys, Tescos), never as persimmon, they're called sharon fruit or kaki fruit.
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So now I have a need for a dessert recipe for the french squash (courge) or persimmon (kaki) that I could see everywhere.
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We use to eat when the fruits got really soft and sometimes we eat kaki with Williams liqueur (I love it)!!! maralenenok
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Persimmon is called kaki in Japanese, and it has been constantly battling against mangoes for first place on my list of favorite fruits.
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Likewise the lad in kaki gear is just a lad from over here.
hernesheir commented on the word kaki
(n): persimmon
January 7, 2009