persimmon
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
persimmon /pəˈsɪmən/
▶noun
- 1 an edible fruit resembling a large tomato, with very sweet flesh.
- 2 the tree which yields persimmons. [Diospyros virginiana (America) and D. kaki (Japan).]
– origin C17: alt. of Algonquian pessemmins.
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