persimmon
any of several trees of the genus Diospyros, especially 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.
the fruit itself.
Origin of persimmon
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How to use persimmon in a sentence
Near its grounds, private gardens hang thick with bright orange tangerines and plump persimmons, the fruits of fall in Abkhazia.
For dessert, many different kinds of fruits (Fuji apples, Korean pears, persimmons) are piled onto one another and served.
The hunters returned without game, but bringing us a few grapes and some unripe persimmons, all of which were eaten.
Poke berries, oak balls, and green persimmons, furnished ink.
Historic Papers on the Causes of the Civil War | Mrs. Eugenia Dunlap PottsIn localities where they are plentiful, persimmons are extensively used and are preserved for use during the winter season.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 | Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Persimmons are greedily eaten by it, and in severe weather I have observed it eating lichens.
Audubon and his Journals, Vol. 2 | Maria R. AudubonThey have here, too, persimmons as large as apples and as solid.
The Old World and Its Ways | William Jennings Bryan
British Dictionary definitions for persimmon
/ (pɜːˈsɪmən) /
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
Origin of persimmon
1- See also ebony (def. 1)
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