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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024per•sim•mon /pɚˈsɪmən/USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biology[countable] a tree of the ebony family, having showy white flowers and a large, plumlike orange fruit.
- Plant Biologythe fruit itself: [countable]two soft, ripe persimmons.[uncountable]a pie filling of persimmon.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024per•sim•mon (pər sim′ən),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologyany of several trees of the genus Diospyros, esp. D. virginiana, of North America, bearing astringent, plumlike fruit that is sweet and edible when ripe, and D. kaki, of Japan and China, bearing soft, red or orange fruit.
- Plant Biologythe fruit itself.
- Virginia Algonquian (English spelling, spelled) pessemmins, pichamins, pushemins, putchamins (unidentified initial element + reflex of Proto-Algonquian *-min- fruit, berry)
- 1605–15, American.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: persimmon /pɜːˈsɪmən/ n - any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros, typically having hard wood and large orange-red fruit: family Ebenaceae
- the sweet fruit of any of these trees, which is edible when completely ripe
Etymology: 17th Century: of Algonquian origin; related to Delaware pasĭmĕnan dried fruit |