persimmon

English - Turkish

Definition of persimmon in English Turkish dictionary

(isim) Hurma, cennet hurması

(Botanik, Bitkibilim) persimon

trabzonhurmas

hurma

Bitişik komşunun misafiri çok hurma yiyen bir misafirdir. - The next-door neighbour's guest is a guest who eats lots of persimmons.

Komşularımın çoğunun hurma ağaçları var. - Many of my neighbors have persimmon trees.

(Bilgisayar) Cennet meyvesi

Trabzon hurması

trabzonhurma

(isim) trabzon hurması

Japon inciri

trabzonhurması

japonhurması

Related Terms

Japanese persimmon

trabzonhurması

Japanese persimmon

(Botanik, Bitkibilim) Kaki, Cennet elması (Diospyros kaki), Çin ve Japonya'da doğal olarak yetişen bir ağaç türü ve bunun meyvesine verilen addır

Japanese persimmon

bot. trabzonhurması, Diospyros kaki

English - English

Definition of persimmon in English English dictionary

A type of fruit, of orange colour, very sweet, quite astringent when immature

The tree this fruit grows on, a species of ebony, Diospyros kaki

{n} a tree and its fruit

A material with which to manufacture wooden woods Woods made from persimmon are made from one solid block of wood Persimmon woods, while once very popular in the 1960's and before, have lost favor to metal woods Persimmon woods are considered to be the "best" type of wooden woods produced and demand a premium price as a result Persimmon is still being manufactured today, most notably by Louisville Golf in Louisville, Kentucky

any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros

The fruit is like a plum in appearance, but is very harsh and astringent until it has been exposed to frost, when it becomes palatable and nutritious

orange fruit resembling a plum; edible when fully ripe

{i} type of fruit

A brilliant orange, smooth-skinned fruit that is terribly tart when unripe, but very sweet when fully ripe Unlike most other fruits, there is no such thing as an overripe persimmon

Wood imported from the USA to make club heads for drivers

An American tree (Diospyros Virginiana) and its fruit, found from New York southward

orange fruit resembling a plum; edible when fully ripe any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros

A persimmon is a soft, orange fruit that looks rather like a large tomato. Persimmons grow on trees in hot countries. a soft orange-coloured fruit that grows in hot countries (pessemmins). 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

A warm-weather fruit of which there are two important varieties: "Hachiya" (Japanese persimmon) and the "Fuyu" which is milder The Fuyu is smaller Both should be completely ripe before eaten Used in baked goods and desserts

(Diiospyros virginiana) Any of several trees of this genus of North America bearing astringent plum-like fruit that is sweet and edible only when extremely ripe Also called the Indian plum An early dictionary described the persimmon as a "tree for all lands and soils; fruit draws the mouth up like a purse; the fruit is rotten when ripe; universally popular " [Miller]

kaki

Related Terms

huckleberry above a persimmon

Something slightly better than something else

His blog is a huckleberry above a persimmon.

american persimmon

medium-sized tree of dry woodlands in the southern and eastern United States bearing yellow or orange very astringent fruit that is edible when fully ripe

japanese persimmon

small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit

persimmons

plural of persimmon

Hyphenation

per·sim·mon

Etymology

() From Powhatan pichamins, pushemins, pasimenan (“dried fruit”), from Proto-Algonquian *-min- (“fruit, berry”).