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- [per-sim-uh n]
- /pərˈsɪm ən/
- /pəˈsɪm.ən/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [per-sim-uh n]
- /pərˈsɪm ən/
Definitions of persimmon word
- noun persimmon any of several trees of the genus Diospyros, especially D. virginiana, of North America, bearing astringent, plumlike fruit that is sweet and edible when ripe, and D. kaki, of Japan and China, bearing soft, red or orange fruit. 1
- noun persimmon the fruit itself. 1
- noun persimmon tropical fruit 1
- countable noun persimmon A persimmon is a soft, orange fruit that looks rather like a large tomato. Persimmons grow on trees in hot countries. 0
- noun persimmon any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros, typically having hard wood and large orange-red fruit: family Ebenaceae 0
- noun persimmon the sweet fruit of any of these trees, which is edible when completely ripe 0
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Origin of persimmon
First appearance:
before 1605 One of the 40% oldest English words
1605-15, Americanism; < Virginia Algonquian (E spelling) pessemmins, pichamins, pushemins, putchamins (unidentified initial element + reflex of Proto-Algonquian *-min- fruit, berry)
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Parts of speech for Persimmon
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
persimmon popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
persimmon usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with persimmon
- how to eat a persimmon?
- what is a persimmon?
- what does persimmon taste like?
- how to eat fuyu persimmon?
- how to cut a persimmon?
- what does persimmon fruit taste like?
- what does a persimmon taste like?
- how to cut persimmon?
- what is persimmon?
- how do you eat a persimmon?
- what color is persimmon?
- how to eat persimmon?
- how many calories in a persimmon?
- how to tell if a persimmon is ripe?
- when is a persimmon ripe?
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