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Persimmon
The persimmon (sometimes spelled persimon) is the edible fruit of a number of species of trees in the genus ''Diospyros''. ''Diospyros'' is in the family Ebenaceae. The most widely cultivated species is the Oriental or Japanese persimmon, ''Diospyros kaki''. In color, the ripe fruit of the cultivated strains range from light yellow-orange to dark red-orange depending on the species and variety. They similarly vary in size from 1.5 to 9 cm (0.5 to 4 in) in diameter, and in shape the varieties may be spherical, acorn-, or pumpkin-shaped. The calyx generally remains attached to the fruit after harvesting, but becomes easy to remove once the fruit is ripe. The ripe fruit has a high glucose content. The protein content is low, but it has a balanced protein profile. Persimmon fruits have been put to various medicinal and chemical uses.
Like the tomato, persimmons are not popularly considered to be berries, but in terms of botanical morphology the fruit is in fact a berry.
==Names and etymology==
The word ''Diospyros'' comes from the ancient Greek words "dios" (''διός'') and "pyros" (''πυρος''). In context, this means more or less "divine fruit", though its literal meaning is closer to "Wheat of Zeus".〔Tice, John. H. "Essay on the Diospyros virginiana" Annual report / Missouri State Horticultural Society 1864.〕 It is, however, sufficiently confusing to have given rise to some curious interpretations, such as "God's pear" and "Jove's fire". The Modern Greek name for the fruit is λωτός (lotos) which leads modern Greeks to the assumption that this is the lotus referred to in Homer's ''Odyssey''.
The word ''persimmon'' itself is derived from ''putchamin'', ''pasiminan'', or ''pessamin'', from Powhatan, an Algonquian language of the eastern United States, meaning "a dry fruit".〔Mish, Frederic C., Editor in Chief ''Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary'' Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.A.:1984—Merriam-Webster Page 877〕
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