persimmon
persimmon — noun
- persimmonsingular
- persimmonsplural
1. a sweet, orange-coloured fruit that grows on trees and becomes soft and ready to
a sweet, orange-coloured fruit that grows on trees and becomes soft and ready to eat when fully ripe
Nkechi peeled a ripe persimmon and sliced it into her morning oatmeal.
collocation: ripe persimmon; verb: peel a persimmon
Eri brought a bag of soft persimmons to share with her coworkers at the office.
collocation: soft persimmon
Diego's favourite dessert is fresh persimmon with a spoonful of cream on top.
The farmers dried the persimmons on rooftop racks so they would keep through winter.
Kofi had never tasted a persimmon until his neighbour gave him one from her tree.
- kaki
Japanese name for the same fruit, sometimes used in English for the specific Asian variety
- sharon fruit
a marketing name for the non-astringent variety, usually seedless
文法句型
adjective + persimmon
persimmon(s) + verb
用法筆記
An unripe persimmon is very astringent and tastes bitter — wait until the fruit is fully soft before eating.
常見錯誤
2. a tree in the same plant group as ebony that produces persimmons; it has oval le
a tree in the same plant group as ebony that produces persimmons; it has oval leaves and hard, close-grained wood
Ezra planted a young persimmon tree in a sunny corner of his garden last spring.
collocation: persimmon tree; verb: plant a [fruit] tree
The old persimmon tree behind Aaron's house dropped fruit all over the lawn in October.
collocation: old persimmon tree
A mature persimmon tree can grow to about ten metres tall with a round crown.
Darius carved a small box from persimmon wood that he gathered after the storm.
- Diospyros
the scientific genus name for persimmon trees, rarely used in everyday English
文法句型
persimmon tree + verb
adjective + persimmon tree
用法筆記
The wood of the persimmon tree is hard and fine-textured, sometimes used in woodworking and for making golf club heads.