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Definition of persimmon in English: persimmonnoun pəˈsɪmənpərˈsɪmən 1An edible fruit that resembles a large tomato and has very sweet flesh. 柿子 Example sentencesExamples - American persimmons drop off the tree when ripe.
- Now you can also buy persimmons in city supermarkets during their short available period.
- They taste a bit like persimmons, or maybe apricots - I wonder if they are available in the States.
- Anyone with half a brain knew that persimmons were out of season.
- Early one morning, I entered my kitchen and found a persimmon and an apple partly gnawed.
- A ripe persimmon is not so beautiful, but the taste is very good.
- Climb onto a ladder, pick a persimmon, and throw it down - the one under the tree will receive the fruit with a bag and put it into a basket.
- But the old country folks still eat persimmons too.
- The secretary began peeling a persimmon and preparing tea.
- Today, the Lewises have harvested some 400 to 500 pounds of persimmons - all of them by hand.
- The produce includes strawberries, beans, avocado, persimmon, kiwifruit, oranges and other citrus fruit as well as flowers and plants.
- While persimmons can be used in pies and tarts, you can also enjoy them plain.
- You can also order Meyer lemons, tangerines, and persimmons.
- Figs share space in the orchard with a host of other crops - among them almonds, walnuts, olives, peaches, nectarines, and persimmons.
- Among foods featured are morels, persimmons, cherries, game, wild blackberries, and asparagus.
2The tree which yields the persimmon, 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 Example sentencesExamples - Sitting by our persimmon tree last fall I watched a robin stretch out to peck off a piece of the bright, ripe fruit.
- Indeed, it was only last week that I noticed the change of colour in the leaves of the persimmon tree in our front yard.
- Cold-tolerant persimmons are small, beautiful trees that yield small, sweet fruit harvested in the fall.
- He spoke of the persimmon trees, climbing them, laying under them.
- Winter propagation of deciduous plants will be covered, and we'll discuss the interesting persimmon tree as well.
OriginEarly 17th century: alteration of Algonquian pessemmins. Definition of persimmon in US English: persimmonnounpərˈsɪmənpərˈsimən 1An edible fruit that resembles a large tomato and has very sweet flesh. 柿子 Example sentencesExamples - While persimmons can be used in pies and tarts, you can also enjoy them plain.
- Among foods featured are morels, persimmons, cherries, game, wild blackberries, and asparagus.
- American persimmons drop off the tree when ripe.
- Now you can also buy persimmons in city supermarkets during their short available period.
- The produce includes strawberries, beans, avocado, persimmon, kiwifruit, oranges and other citrus fruit as well as flowers and plants.
- A ripe persimmon is not so beautiful, but the taste is very good.
- You can also order Meyer lemons, tangerines, and persimmons.
- They taste a bit like persimmons, or maybe apricots - I wonder if they are available in the States.
- Early one morning, I entered my kitchen and found a persimmon and an apple partly gnawed.
- Figs share space in the orchard with a host of other crops - among them almonds, walnuts, olives, peaches, nectarines, and persimmons.
- Climb onto a ladder, pick a persimmon, and throw it down - the one under the tree will receive the fruit with a bag and put it into a basket.
- Today, the Lewises have harvested some 400 to 500 pounds of persimmons - all of them by hand.
- Anyone with half a brain knew that persimmons were out of season.
- The secretary began peeling a persimmon and preparing tea.
- But the old country folks still eat persimmons too.
2The tree which yields the persimmon, related to ebony. 柿树 Genus Diospyros, family Ebenaceae: the North American D. virginiana, an evergreen with dark red fruit, and the Japanese persimmon (D. kaki), cultivated for its orange fruit Example sentencesExamples - Indeed, it was only last week that I noticed the change of colour in the leaves of the persimmon tree in our front yard.
- He spoke of the persimmon trees, climbing them, laying under them.
- Cold-tolerant persimmons are small, beautiful trees that yield small, sweet fruit harvested in the fall.
- Winter propagation of deciduous plants will be covered, and we'll discuss the interesting persimmon tree as well.
- Sitting by our persimmon tree last fall I watched a robin stretch out to peck off a piece of the bright, ripe fruit.
OriginEarly 17th century: alteration of Algonquian pessemmins. |