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