persimmon
/pɜːˈsɪmən/noun
1
- an edible fruit that resembles a large tomato and has very sweet flesh柿子。
2
- the tree which yields this fruit, related to ebony柿树。
2.1
- 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：美国有暗红色果实的美洲柿, 和为得其橙色果实而栽的柿（拉丁名D. kaki）。
词源
early 17th cent.: alteration of Algonquian pessemmins.