persimmon

FREQ #42535

n. 柿子(树) [医] 柿

发音

UK /pɜːˈsɪmən/
其它
US /pəɹˈsɪmən/
AU /ˈpɜːsəmən/

词形变化

persimmons 复数 persimmons

别名

persimon pishamin p'simmon putchamin

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The orange fruit of any of various species of trees in the genus Diospyros, especially Diospyros kaki (the kaki or Japanese persimmon) or Diospyros virginiana (the wild American persimmon), which is sweet when ripe and astringent when immature.

  2. 2.

    The tree this fruit grows on, generally one of two species of ebony: Diospyros kaki (Asian) or Diospyros virginiana (North American).

    柿树

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词源

From Powhatan pichamins, pushemins, pasimenan (“dried fruit”), from the same Proto-Algonquian root *-imin (“fruit, berry”) as Unami ximin.

来源:wiktionary