persimmon

Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to: navigation, search

Contents

English [edit]

Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia

Wikispecies has information on:

Wikispecies

Alternative forms [edit]

persimmons

Etymology [edit]

From Powhatan pichamins, pushemins, pasimenan (dried fruit), from Proto-Algonquian *-min- (fruit, berry).

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

persimmon (plural persimmons)

  1. A type of fruit, of orange colour, very sweet, quite astringent when immature.
  2. The tree this fruit grows on, generally one of two species of ebony: Diospyros kaki (Asian) or Diospyros virginiana (North American).

Synonyms [edit]

Translations [edit]