persimmon
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- putchamin [17th-18th c.]
Etymology [edit]
From Powhatan pichamins, pushemins, pasimenan (“dried fruit”), from Proto-Algonquian *-min- (“fruit, berry”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- (UK) IPA: /pəːˈsɪmən/, X-SAMPA: /p@"sIm@n/
- (US) IPA: /pəɹˈsɪmən/, X-SAMPA: /p@r"sIm@n/
- Hyphenation: per‧sim‧mon
- Rhymes: -ɪmɪn
Noun [edit]
persimmon (plural persimmons)
- A type of fruit, of orange colour, very sweet, quite astringent when immature.
- The tree this fruit grows on, generally one of two species of ebony: Diospyros kaki (Asian) or Diospyros virginiana (North American).
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Translations [edit]
fruit
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tree
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