ALL meanings of persimmon
per·sim·mon
P p - 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
- noun persimmon any of a genus (Diospyros) of trees of the ebony family with white, cup-shaped flowers, hard wood, and yellow or orange-red, plumlike fruit 0
- noun persimmon the fruit, sour and astringent when green, but sweet and edible when thoroughly ripe 0