persimmon

UK: /pə^rˈsɪmən/ US: /pɚˈsɪmən/ ,(pər sim′ən)

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per•sim•mon /pɚˈsɪmən/   n. 

1. Plant Biology [countable] a tree of the ebony family, having showy white flowers and a large, plumlike orange fruit.
2. Plant Biology the fruit itself:
   [countable] two soft, ripe persimmons.
   [uncountable] a pie filling of persimmon.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

per•sim•mon  (pər sim′ən), n. 

1. Plant Biology any of several trees of the genus Diospyros, esp. D. virginiana, of North America, bearing astringent, plumlike fruit that is sweet and edible when ripe, and D. kaki, of Japan and China, bearing soft, red or orange fruit.
2. Plant Biology the fruit itself.

• Virginia Algonquian (English spelling, spelled) pessemmins, pichamins, pushemins, putchamins (unidentified initial element + reflex of Proto-Algonquian *-min- fruit, berry)
• 1605–15, American.

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persimmon / pɜːˈsɪmən/ noun

1. any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros, typically having hard wood and large orange-red fruit: family Ebenaceae
2. the sweet fruit of any of these trees, which is edible when completely ripe

See also ebony1Etymology: 17th Century: of Algonquian origin; related to Delaware pasĭmĕnan dried fruit