1an edible fruit that resembles a large tomato and has very sweet flesh.
2the tree that yields the persimmon, 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 century: alteration of Virginia Algonquian pessemmins
