persimmon

Meaning

1. The orange fruit of any of various species of trees in the genus Diospyros, especially Diospyros kaki (the kaki or Japanese persimmon) or Diospyros virginiana (the wild American persimmon), which is sweet when ripe and astringent when immature.
2. The tree this fruit grows on, generally one of two species of ebony: Diospyros kaki (Asian) or Diospyros virginiana (North American).

Synonyms

kaki

khaki

persimmon tree

Japanese persimmon

date

📅

date plum

date-plum

dried persimmon

fruit

Translations

caqui

kaki

caqui

cachi

Kaki

plaqueminier

λωτός

plaquemine

caquizeiro

dióspiro

kaki

Persimone

Trabzon hurması

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɜːˈsɪmən/

Etymology

Cognate with Unami: ximin

In summary

From Powhatan pichamins, pushemins, pasimenan (“dried fruit”), from the same Proto-Algonquian root *-imin (“fruit, berry”) as Unami ximin.