Date plum Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an Asiatic persimmon tree cultivated for its small yellow or purplish-black edible fruit much valued by Afghan tribes
    Diospyros lotus.

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Definitions
  1. (Bot.), the fruit of several species of Diospyros, including the American and Japanese persimmons, and the European lotus (D. Lotus).

Webster 1913