an edible fruit that resembles a large tomato and has very sweet flesh 柿子
the tree which yields this fruit, related to ebony 柿树
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
early 17th cent.: alteration of Algonquian pessemmins