persimmon

 
Pronunciation: /pəˈsɪmən/

noun

  • 1an edible fruit that resembles a large tomato and has very sweet flesh.
  • 2the 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 century: alteration of Algonquian pessemmins