noun
- a sweet orange or reddish fruit that grows on trees, especially common in Asia and North America
- the tree that produces persimmon fruit
Examples
- The persimmon tree in our backyard produces fruit every fall.
- She picked a ripe persimmon from the branch and took a bite.
- Persimmons are very sweet when fully ripe but astringent when unripe.
- The orange persimmons hung like ornaments on the bare winter tree.
- He made persimmon pudding using fruit from his grandmother’s recipe.
- Wild persimmons are smaller than the cultivated varieties sold in stores.