kaki

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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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

Borrowed from Japanese 柿(カキ) (kaki).

We were dressed in brown kaki suits. — Tales of the Malayan Coast: From Penang to the Philippines, Rounsevelle Wildman
“After that the crab lived happily for many years, and at length died in peace under her own kaki tree. — The Crimson Fairy Book, Andrew Lang

Japanese persimmon, Diospyros kaki

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