Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - persimmon
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Persimmon
persimmon
noun Etymology: Virginia Algonquian pessemmin Date: 1612 1. any of a genus (Diospyros) of trees of the ebony family with hard fine wood, oblong leaves, and small bell-shaped flowers; especially an eastern United States tree (D. virginiana) or a Japanese tree (D. kaki) 2. the usually orange several-seeded globular berry of a ~ that is edible when fully ripe but usually extremely astringent when unripe
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n. 1 any usu. tropical evergreen tree of the genus Diospyros bearing edible tomato-like fruits. 2 the fruit of this. Etymology: corrupt. of an Algonquian word ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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хурма (Diospyros); хурма виргинская (Diospyros virginiana) – Indian ebony persimmon – Japanese persimmon – Oriental persimmon ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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(persimmons) A persimmon is a soft, orange fruit that looks rather like a large tomato. Persimmons grow on trees in hot countries. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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- 1612, from Algonquian (Powhatan) pasimenan "fruit dried artificially," from pasimeneu "he dries fruit." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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