persimmon

persimmon
[pəˈsɪmən]
noun
  1. an edible fruit that resembles a large tomato and has very sweet flesh
    柿子
  2. the tree which yields this fruit, related to ebony
    柿树
  3. Genus Diospyros, family Ebenaceae: the evergreen American D. virginiana, with dark red fruit, and the Japanese persimmon (D. kaki), cultivated for its orange fruit
    柿树属,柿树科: 美国的美洲柿,有暗红色的果实;柿,栽种此树是为收获其橙色果实
语源
  1. early 17th cent.: alteration of Algonquian pessemmins
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