persimmon
pronunciation
How to pronounce persimmon in British English:
UK [pəˈsɪmən]
How to pronounce persimmon in American English:
US [pərˈsɪmən]
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- Noun:
- any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros
- orange fruit resembling a plum; edible when fully ripe
Word Origin
- persimmon (n.)
- 1610s, from Powhatan (Algonquian) pasimenan "fruit dried artificially," from pasimeneu "he dries fruit," containing proto-Algonquian */-min-/ "fruit, berry."
Example
- 1. Unlike apples , fresh persimmon is not available year round .
- 2. Gargle and clean your teeth after eating persimmon lest the tannic acid , pectin and sugar damage your teeth .
- 3. Mr ma 's decision to go there to investigate persimmon prices was an attempt to win over its farming community , which the dpp has been assiduously courting .
- 4. In a sleepy village on the outskirts of beijing , not far from qincheng , a jail for high-ranking political prisoners , hung huang and her husband have built their dream home among the gnarled trunks of an old persimmon orchard .