persimmon : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: persimmon	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for persimmon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
persimmon n any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros [syn: persimmon, persimmon tree] orange fruit resembling a plum; edible when fully ripe
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Persimmon \Per*sim"mon\, n. [Virginia Indian.] (Bot.) An American tree ({Diospyros Virginiana}) and its fruit, found from New York southward. The fruit is like a plum in appearance, but is very harsh and astringent until it has been exposed to frost, when it becomes palatable and nutritious. {Japanese persimmon}, {Diospyros Kaki} and its red or yellow edible fruit, which outwardly resembles a tomato, but contains a few large seeds.