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persimmon

Main Entry:: per·sim·mon
Pronunciation:: \pər-ˈsi-mən\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: Virginia Algonquian pessemmin
Date:: 1612

1: any of a genus (Diospyros) of trees of the ebony family with hard fine wood, oblong leaves, and small bell-shaped flowers; especially : an eastern United States tree (D. virginiana) or a Japanese tree (D. kaki)2: the usually orange several-seeded globular berry of a persimmon that is edible when fully ripe but usually extremely astringent when unripe

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