noun
persimmon
pur-SIH-muhn
noun
1
A sweet orange fruit that is very astringent and unpleasant if eaten before it is fully ripe.
"The persimmon was too tart to eat until it had softened for another week."
"She baked a persimmon pudding for the autumn dinner."
How to Use Persimmon
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn orange fruit that tastes great when ripe but very bitter when unripe.
Word Forms
persimmons plural
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Etymology
From a Powhatan (Native American) word meaning "dried fruit."