American persimmon
Also found in: Dictionary, Wikipedia.
- noun
Also found in: Dictionary, Wikipedia.
References in periodicals archive
?
Its color is similar to an American persimmon, but the fruit are often larger, and some varieties are conical or acorn shaped.
Meader is an American persimmon, with small to medium sweet orange fruits, 114 to 2 inches in diameter.
"One such selection I've made is an American persimmon my partner discovered on the side of Interstate 65 in north-central Alabama, which I've named 'Interstate.' I've chosen this persimmon out of the scores and scores of roadside foraging spots we frequent around north Alabama as the best candidate to save and propagate.
American persimmons ripen through yellow and orange to an orange-red hue, with a bluish blush in a few cultivars, and range in size from as small as a cherry to as large as a small apple.
The American Persimmon ranges throughout the eastern half of the United States from the Great Plains to the Atlantic Coast, north to the 40th parallel (Halls, 1981).
We placed the pots in a refrigerator at 4 C for 68 d to cold-stratify the seeds, which is a requirement for the American Persimmon to germinate (Halls, 1981).
I garden near the northern limit of persimmon growing, so I grow an early ripening variety of American persimmon, such as Meader, Pieper, and Szukis.
Many oriental persimmons do not need cross-pollination; most American persimmons do.
I'd love to get hold of some American Persimmon root to fashion several mauls.--Hank
The traditional method to produce persimmon tree seedlings is by grafting, performed in Diospyros kaki plants, or in American persimmons D.
They are also a very good source of vitamin-C, another powerful antioxidant (especially native Chinese and American persimmons; provide 80 per cent of DRI).
Provitamin A (R-carotene, a-carotene and a- cryptoxanthin) and acid ascorbic content of Japanese and American persimmons. J.
For the Low-maintenance landscape: Fruit/Nut Trees: Pawpaws American Persimmons, Hazelnuts, Beechnuts, Redbud
Thesaurus browser
?
- ▲
- American Legion
- American leishmaniasis
- American licorice
- American lime
- American liquorice
- American lobster
- American lotus
- American magpie
- American maidenhair fern
- American marten
- American mastodon
- American mastodont
- American merganser
- American mink
- American mistletoe
- American mountain ash
- American oil palm
- American olive
- American organ
- American oriole
- American parasol
- American parsley fern
- American Party
- American pasqueflower
- American pennyroyal
- American persimmon
- American pit bull terrier
- American plaice
- American plan
- American plane
- American pulsatilla
- American quaking aspen
- American raspberry
- American rattlebox
- American red elder
- American red plum
- American red squirrel
- American redstart
- American Revised Version
- American Revolution
- American Revolutionary leader
- American Revolutionary War
- American robin
- American rock brake
- American sable
- American saddle horse
- American Samoa
- American shrew mole
- American sign language
- American smelt
- American smokewood
- ▼
Full browser
?
- ▲
- American Patients for Universal Health Care
- American Patriot Friends Network
- American Patriot Party
- American Patriots For True Equality
- American Patriots Motorcycle Group
- American Patriots Rudimental Drummers Club
- American Payment Systems, Inc.
- American Payroll Association
- American Peanut Council
- American Peanut Research and Education Society
- American Pediatric Gross Assessment Record
- American Pediatric Gross Assessment Record
- American Pediatric Gross Assessment Record
- American Pediatric Gross Assessment Record
- American Pediatric Gross Assessment Record
- American Pediatric Heart Fund
- American Pediatric Surgical Association
- American Pediatric Surgical Nurses Association
- American Penguins Association
- American pennyroyal
- American pennyroyal
- American pennyroyal
- American pennyroyal oil
- American pennyroyals
- American pennyroyals
- American pennyroyals
- American pennyroyals
- American Peony Society
- American Peptide Society
- American Periodicals Series
- American persimmon
- American Personal Chef Association
- American Personal Chef Institute
- American Personal Communications, Inc.
- American Personal Watercraft Rental Association
- American Personnel and Guidance Association
- American Pet Products Association
- American Pet Products Manufacturers Association
- American Petroleum Institute
- American Petroleum Institute Quality Registrar
- American Petroleum Institute Recommended Practice
- American Petroleum, Inc.
- American Pharmaceutical Association
- American Pharmaceutical Association-Academy of Students of Pharmacy
- American Pharmaceutical Group
- American Pharmacists Association
- American Pheasant and Waterfowl Society
- American Philatelic Association
- American Philatelic Congress
- American Philatelic Foundation
- American Philatelic Research Library
- American Philatelic Society
- American Philatelic Society Expertising Service
- American Philological Association
- American Philosophical Association
- American Philosophical Counseling Association
- American Philosophical Society
- American Philosophical Society
- American Philosophical Society Hall
- American Philosophical Society Library
- American Phone Services
- ▼