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Word entry · 9 letters

persimmon

Best crossword clue

"Orange fruit"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /pɜːˈsɪmən/Part of speech nounSorted eimmnoprsStarts with PEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Edible orange fruit resembling a plum.

Word origin

From Powhatan pichamins, pushemins, pasimenan (“dried fruit”), from the same Proto-Algonquian root *-imin (“fruit, berry”) as Unami ximin.

Used in a sentence

  • I warned them not to eat the persimmons until they were soft to the touch.

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