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persimmon |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Persimmon \Per*sim"mon\, n. [Virginia Indian.] (Bot.) An American tree ({Diospyros Virginiana}) and its fruit, found from New York southward. The fruit is like a plum in appearance, but is very harsh and astringent until it has been exposed to frost, when it becomes palatable and nutritious. {Japanese persimmon}, {Diospyros Kaki} and its red or yellow edible fruit, which outwardly resembles a tomato, but contains a few large seeds. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: persimmon n 1: any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros [syn: {persimmon tree}] 2: orange fruit resembling a plum; edible when fully ripe
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