English-Thai Dictionary
persimmon
N ต้น พลับ ton-plab
persimmon
N ลูก พลับ luk-plab
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
PERSIMMON
n.A tree and its fruit, a species of Diospyros, a native of the states south of New York. The fruit is like a plum, and when not ripe, very astringent.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PERSIMMON
Per *sim "mon, n. Etym: [Virginia Indian. ] (Bot. )
Defn: 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
persimmon
per sim mon |pərˈsimən pərˈsɪmən | ▶noun 1 an edible fruit that resembles a large tomato and has very sweet flesh. 2 the tree that yields this fruit, related to ebony. [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. ] ORIGIN early 17th cent.: alteration of Virginia Algonquian pessemmins.
Oxford Dictionary
persimmon
persimmon |pəˈsɪmən | ▶noun 1 an edible fruit that resembles a large tomato and has very sweet flesh. 2 the tree which yields the persimmon, related to ebony. ●Genus Diospyros, family Ebenaceae: the evergreen American D. virginiana, with dark red fruit, and the Japanese persimmon (D. kaki ), cultivated for its orange fruit. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: alteration of Algonquian pessemmins.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
persimmon
per sim mon /pəː r sɪ́mən /名詞 C 〘植 〙カキ (の木 )(persimmon tree ); カキの実 .
The Wordsmith Dictionary