persimmon
Syllables: per·sim·mon/pɜːˈsɪmən/US/pəɹˈsɪmən/
persimmon noun: the orange fruit of any of various species of trees in the genus Diospyros, especially Diospyros kaki (the kaki or Japanese persimmon) or Diospyros virginiana (the wild American persimmon), which is sweet when ripe and astringent when immature.
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Noun
persimmon (plural persimmons)
- The orange fruit of any of various species of trees in the genus Diospyros, especially Diospyros kaki (the kaki or Japanese persimmon) or Diospyros virginiana (the wild American persimmon), which is sweet when ripe and astringent when immature.
- I warned them not to eat the persimmons until they were soft to the touch.1998, Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents, HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP (2019), page 94
- Synonyms:
- date plum, kaki, Sharon fruit, possum apple, simmon
- The tree this fruit grows on, generally one of two species of ebony: Diospyros kaki (Asian) or Diospyros virginiana (North American).
persimmon meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Punjabi
persimmon in Hindi
- fruit
- ख़ुरमा xurmā
persimmon in Tamil
- சீமைப் பனிச்சை
persimmon in Urdu
- fruit
- جاپانی پھل jāpānī phal, خرما xurmā
persimmon in Punjabi
- fruit
- ਪਰਸਿੰਮਨ parsimman
More languagesFewer languages
- persimmon in Odia
- କେନ୍ଦୁ kendu
- persimmon in Nepali
- हलुवाबेद haluwābed
- persimmon in Pashto
- املوک amlúk
- persimmon in Tagalog
- kamagong, mabolo
- persimmon in Arabic
- كَاكَا kākā, كَاكِي kākī, بِرْسِيمُون birsimūn
- persimmon in Malay
- kesmak, buah samak, pisang kaki
- persimmon in Indonesian
- kesemek
- persimmon in Persian
- خرمالو xormâlu
- persimmon in Thai
- พลับ pláp
- persimmon in Vietnamese
- quả hồng vàng, hồng
- persimmon in Myanmar
- တည် tany
Examples of persimmon in a sentence
- Worse was the overgrown persimmon tree outside the window of my old room.
- "He's a huckleberry above a persimmon, for sure," Katherine said, following her gaze.
- Anthony Abercrombie (AL) described how persimmons were harvested: 'One day I went to dem same woods to get some 'simmons.
Synonyms of persimmon
Forms of persimmon
| plural | persimmons |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | persimon |
| alternative form (obsolete) | putchamin |
Origin of persimmon
From Powhatan pichamins, pushemins, pasimenan (“dried fruit”), for the first element, compare Proto-Algonquian *paᐧʔsamwa (“dry”). The second element is from the same Proto-Algonquian root *-imin (“fruit, berry”) as Unami ximin.
Words formed from persimmon
- black persimmon
- Caucasian persimmon
- Chinese persimmon
- huckleberry above a persimmon
- huckleberry above one's persimmon
- Indian persimmon
- Japanese persimmon
- kaki persimmon
- knock the persimmon
- lilac persimmon
- Mexican persimmon
- Oriental persimmon
- persimmon-plum
- Texas persimmon
- the longest pole knocks the persimmon
- the longest purse knocks the persimmon
- yellow persimmon
Phrases with persimmon
Questions about persimmon
- What does persimmon mean?
- Persimmon means the orange fruit of any of various species of trees in the genus Diospyros, especially Diospyros kaki (the kaki or Japanese persimmon) or Diospyros virginiana (the wild American persimmon), which is sweet when ripe and astringent when immature.
- What is persimmon in Hindi?
- Persimmon in Hindi is ख़ुरमा (xurmā). See Persimmon meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is persimmon?
- Persimmon is a noun.
- How do you pronounce persimmon?
- Persimmon is pronounced /pɜːˈsɪmən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of persimmon?
- The plural of persimmon is persimmons.
Words near persimmon in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: persimmon (page history and authors); persimmon (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); କେନ୍ଦୁ (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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