persimmon

per·sim·mon  (pr-smn)

n.

1. Any of various chiefly tropical trees of the genus Diospyros, having hard wood and orange-red fruit that is edible only when completely ripe.

2. The fruit of any of these trees.

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[Of Virginia Algonquian origin.]

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persimmon

Noun

a sweet red tropical fruit [from a Native American language]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	persimmon - any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros persimmon tree fruit tree - tree bearing edible fruit Diospyros, genus Diospyros - a genus of trees or shrubs that have beautiful and valuable wood Diospyros kaki, Japanese persimmon, kaki - small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit American persimmon, Diospyros virginiana, possumwood - medium-sized tree of dry woodlands in the southern and eastern United States bearing yellow or orange very astringent fruit that is edible when fully ripe date plum, Diospyros lotus - an Asiatic persimmon tree cultivated for its small yellow or purplish-black edible fruit much valued by Afghan tribes
	2.	persimmon - orange fruit resembling a plum; edible when fully ripe berry - any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves Diospyros kaki, Japanese persimmon, kaki - small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit American persimmon, Diospyros virginiana, possumwood - medium-sized tree of dry woodlands in the southern and eastern United States bearing yellow or orange very astringent fruit that is edible when fully ripe