persimmon

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an orange or reddish fruit of a tree in the genus Diospyros, sweet when ripe but often astringent when unripe

   Huck knew the persimmons would not be ripe for several more months.

2. 2
   noun

   a tree that bears persimmons, especially the Asian or American persimmon

   The old persimmon produced fruit along the edge of the field.

Borrowed from Powhatan forms such as pasimenan, referring to the fruit or dried fruit and containing an Algonquian element meaning 'fruit or berry.' English spellings gradually settled on persimmon.

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