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/pɜːˈsɪmən/ · noun
The orange fruit of any of various species of trees in the genus Diospyros, especially Diospyros kaki (the kaki or Japanese persimmon) or Diospyros virginiana (the wild American persimmon), which is sweet when ripe and astringent when immature..
I warned them not to eat the persimmons until they were soft to the touch.
Use persimmon when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Persimmon means The orange fruit of any of various species of trees in the genus Diospyros, especially Diospyros kaki (the kaki or Japanese persimmon) or Diospyros virginiana (the wild American persimmon), which is sweet when ripe and astringent when immature..
Common synonyms include date plum, kaki, Sharon fruit, possum apple.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I warned them not to eat the persimmons until they were soft to the touch.
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