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📚 noun • entry_id 33600

persimmon

/pɜːˈsɪmən/
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Meanings (ES + gloss)
caqui • palosanto
The tree this fruit grows on, generally one of two species of ebony: Diospyros kaki (Asian) or Diospyros virginiana (North American).
Phrases
Chinese persimmonJapanese persimmonOriental persimmonhuckleberry above a persimmonhuckleberry above one's persimmonkaki persimmonknock the persimmonthe longest pole knocks the persimmon
Word forms
persimmonsputchamin