persimmon
/pɜːˈsɪmən//pərˈsɪmən/
- n.
- 柿子(树)
中文释义来自 ECDICT
词源链
- alg-pro
派生
- alg-pro
*paᐧʔsamwa‘dry’
派生
- pim
pichamins
借入
- 英语English
persimmon
词源说明
From Powhatan pichamins, pushemins, pasimenan (“dried fruit”), for the first element, compare Proto-Algonquian *paᐧʔsamwa (“dry”). The second element is from the same Proto-Algonquian root *-imin (“fruit, berry”) as Unami ximin.
释义
名词noun
- 1The 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.
- 2countableThe tree this fruit grows on, generally one of two species of ebony: Diospyros kaki (Asian) or Diospyros virginiana (North American).
- 3uncountable