Persimmon Definition

pər-sĭmən
persimmons
noun
persimmons
Any of a genus (Diospyros) of trees of the ebony family with white, cup-shaped flowers, hard wood, and yellow or orange-red, plumlike fruit.
Webster's New World
The fruit, sour and astringent when green, but sweet and edible when thoroughly ripe.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • persimmon tree

Other Word Forms of Persimmon

Noun

Singular:
persimmon
Plural:
persimmons

Origin of Persimmon

  • From Powhatan pichamins, pushemins, pasimenan (“dried fruit"), from the same Proto-Algonquian root *-min- (“fruit, berry") as Unami ximin.

    From Wiktionary

  • Of Virginia Algonquian origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Persimmon Sentence Examples

  • Other trees common in the state are the persimmon, sassafras, and, in the Ohio Valley region, the sycamore.

  • Among wild fruit-trees are the persimmon and Chickasaw plum; grape-vines and a large variety of berry-bushes grow wild and in abundance.

  • It comes in Jet Black/Black Persimmon, Jet Black/VR50, and Jet Black/Light Grey.

  • The persimmon lenses are designed for low light conditions, like on overcast days.

  • On drier and higher soils are the persimmon, sassafras, red maple, elm, black haw, hawthorn, various oaks (in all 10 species occur), hickories and splendid forests of longleaf and loblolly yellow pine.

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Words Starting With

PPEPER

Words Ending With

NONMON

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Words Starting With P and Ending With N

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