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persimmon: see ebony ebony, common name for members of the Ebenaceae, a family of trees and shrubs widely distributed in warmer climates and in the tropics. The principal genus, Diospyros, includes both ebony and persimmon trees.
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persimmon

American persimmon (Diospyros virginiana).

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Either of two trees of the genus Diospyros in the ebony family, and their globular, edible fruits. The native American persimmon (D. virginiana), a small tree with dark-red to maroon fruits that contain several large, flattened seeds, grows from the Gulf states north to central Pennsylvania and central Illinois. The Oriental persimmon (D. kaki), grown extensively in China and Japan, has larger, more astringent, yellow to red fruit. Good sources of vitamins A and C, persimmons are eaten fresh or stewed or cooked as jam.

persimmon

1. any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros, typically having hard wood and large orange-red fruit: family Ebenaceae

2. the sweet fruit of any of these trees, which is edible when completely ripe

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persimmon (redirected from Japanese persimmon)

persimmon

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