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ka·ki  (käk)

n. pl. ka·kis In both senses also called Japanese persimmon.

1. A Chinese tree (Diospyros kaki) having large, edible, orange to reddish fruit with orange flesh and an enlarged, persistent calyx.

2. The fruit of this tree.

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kaki [ˈkɑːkɪ]

n pl kakis

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) another name for Japanese persimmon

[Japanese]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	kaki - small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit Diospyros kaki, Japanese persimmon persimmon - orange fruit resembling a plum; edible when fully ripe Diospyros, genus Diospyros - a genus of trees or shrubs that have beautiful and valuable wood persimmon, persimmon tree - any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros
	2.	kaki - blackish stilt of New Zealand sometimes considered a color phase of the white-headed stilt Himantopus novae-zelandiae genus Himantopus, Himantopus - major one of two genera of stilts; similar to avocets but with straight bills Himantopus stilt, long-legs, longlegs, stilt plover, stiltbird, stilt - long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons