persimmon

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persimmons

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Powhatan pichamins, pushemins, pasimenan (dried fruit), from the same (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Algonquian root *-imin (fruit, berry) as Unami ximin.

Pronunciation

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  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /pəɹˈsɪmən/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "AU" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈpɜːsəmən/
  • Hyphenation: per‧sim‧mon
  • Rhymes: -ɪmən

Noun

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 Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. (North American).

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