putchamin

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A form of persimmon — 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.

First used 17th–18th c.Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounputchamin (plural putchamins)

plural putchamins

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of persimmon.First known use 17th–18th c.
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