Persimmon

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /pəːˈsɪmÉ™n/
• US IPA: /pəɹˈsɪmÉ™n/
• Hyphenation: per + sim + mon
• Rhymes: -ɪmɪn

Alternative forms

• putchamin 17th-18th c.

Origin

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

Full definition of persimmon

Noun

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: (Asian) or (North American).

Synonyms

• kaki