3 April 2018

persimmon

[per-sim-uh n]

noun

1. any of several trees of the genus Diospyros, especially 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. the fruit itself.

Origin of persimmon

Virginia Algonquian
1605-1615, Americanism; < Virginia Algonquian (E spelling) pessemmins, pichamins, pushemins, putchamins (unidentified initial element + reflex of Proto-Algonquian *-min- fruit, berry)

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Examples from the Web for persimmon

Contemporary Examples

Sometimes the flowers multiplied in shades of persimmon or turned into two-dimensional appliqué.
Miuccia Prada and Emporio Armani: Milan Spring 2013 Collections
Robin Givhan
September 21, 2012

The beautiful garden is completely bare except for one persimmon tree that has no leaves.
One Woman’s Formula for Change
Lynn Sherr
March 12, 2010

Historical Examples

This field we overlooked through a fence-row of persimmon and wild plum.
The Cavalier
George Washington Cable

Anagram

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