persimmon

persimmonDiospyros sp.

per·sim·mon

P0207900 (pər-sĭm′ən)n.1. Any of various chiefly tropical trees of the genus Diospyros, having hard wood and orange-red fruit with sweet usually soft pulp, especially D. kaki, native to East Asia, and D. virginiana, native to the eastern United States.2. The fruit of any of these trees.

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[From Virginia Algonquian pessemmins, putchamins (as recorded in English-language accounts of Virginia from the early 1600s by John Smith and others) : pesse-, of unknown meaning + -min, fruit, berry (from Proto-Algonquian *-min; compare -mi·n in Unami xi·mi·n, persimmon).]

persimmon

(pɜːˈsɪmən) n1. (Plants) any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros, typically having hard wood and large orange-red fruit: family Ebenaceae2. (Plants) the sweet fruit of any of these trees, which is edible when completely ripe[C17: of Algonquian origin; related to Delaware pasĭmĕnan dried fruit]

per•sim•mon

(pərˈsɪm ən)

n. 1. any of several trees of the genus Diospyros, of the ebony family, bearing showy white flowers and a large, plumlike orange fruit that is edible and sweet when very ripe and soft. 2. the fruit itself. [1612 (John Smith); < Virginia Algonquian (E sp.) pessemmins, pichamins, pushemins, putchamins (unidentified initial element + reflex of Proto-Algonquian *-min- fruit, berry)]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	persimmon - any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyrospersimmon treefruit tree - tree bearing edible fruitDiospyros, genus Diospyros - a genus of trees or shrubs that have beautiful and valuable woodDiospyros kaki, Japanese persimmon, kaki - small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruitAmerican persimmon, Diospyros virginiana, possumwood - medium-sized tree of dry woodlands in the southern and eastern United States bearing yellow or orange very astringent fruit that is edible when fully ripedate plum, Diospyros lotus - an Asiatic persimmon tree cultivated for its small yellow or purplish-black edible fruit much valued by Afghan tribes
	2.	persimmon - orange fruit resembling a plum; edible when fully ripeberry - any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preservesDiospyros kaki, Japanese persimmon, kaki - small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruitAmerican persimmon, Diospyros virginiana, possumwood - medium-sized tree of dry woodlands in the southern and eastern United States bearing yellow or orange very astringent fruit that is edible when fully ripe

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