any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros
plant noun (plants and fungi)
persimmon trees
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Powhatan (Algonquian) pasimenan "fruit dried artificially", from pasimeneu "he...
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the edible fruit of a number of species of trees in the genus Diospyros. Diospyros is in the family Ebenaceae, and certain species of Diospyros are the sources of most kinds of ebony wood, and not all species bear edible fruit. In color the ripe fruit... (46 of 3313 words, 26 images)
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the edible fruit of a number of species of trees. Persimmon can also refer to: Persimmon plc, a British housebuilding company | Persimmon (horse), a Thoroughbred race horse who won the Epsom Derby in 1896 (34 of 79 words, 2 definitions)
either of two trees of the genus Diospyros and their globular, edible fruits. The Oriental persimmon, an important and extensively grown fruit in ... (23 of 269 words, 2 images)
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). (34 of 50 words, 2 definitions, pronunciations, 1 image)
any of several tropical trees of the genus "Diospyros", typically having hard wood and large orange-red fruit: family "Ebenaceae" | the sweet fruit of ... (23 of 369 words, 2 definitions, 7 usage examples, pronunciation)
common name for members of the Ebenaceae, a family of trees and shrubs widely distributed in warmer climates and in the tropics. The principal genus, ... (25 of 214 words)
any of a genus of trees of the ebony family with hard fine wood, oblong ... | the usually orange several-seeded globular berry of a persimmon that is ... (27 of 84 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
an edible fruit that resembles a large tomato and has very sweet flesh. | the tree which yields the persimmon, related to ebony. Genus Diospyros, ... (24 of 57 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
any of several trees of the genus "Diospyros", especially "D. virginiana", ... | the fruit itself. (15 of 48 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
any of a genus of trees of the ebony family with white, cup-shaped flowers, hard wood, and yellow or orange-red, plumlike fruit | the fruit, sour and ... (26 of 46 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
a soft sweet fruit that looks like a large orange-coloured tomato and grows on a persimmon tree (17 of 42 words, pronunciation)
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Any of various chiefly tropical trees of the genus "Diospyros", having hard wood and orange-red fruit that is edible only when completely ripe. | The ... (24 of 38 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
a very sweet orange tropical fruit (6 of 11 words, pronunciations)
a juicy smooth-skinned orange-red fruit that is sweet only when fully ripe | a tree that has hard wood and bears persimmons. Native to: Asia, Europe, ... (25 of 55 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
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First use: 1610s
Origin: Powhatan (Algonquian) pasimenan "fruit dried artificially", from pasimeneu "he dries fruit", containing proto-Algonquian */-min-/ "fruit, berry".
First use: 17th century
Origin: of Algonquian origin; related to Delaware pasĭmĕnan dried fruit
Origin: Powhatan pichamins, pushemins, pasimenan ("dried fruit"), from Proto-Algonquian *-min- ("fruit, berry").
First use: early 17th century
Origin: alteration of Algonquian pessemmins
First use: 1612
Origin: Virginia Algonquian pessemmin
Origin: Virginia Algonquian pessemins, etc.
First use: Early 17th century
Origin: Alteration of Virginia Algonquian pessemmins
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