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American persimmon
(Diospyros virginiana)

The anglicized word "Persimmon" derives from Algonquin dialects: putchamin, pasiminan, or pessamin, which all means dried fruit - since the nutritious dried Persimmon is a valuable winter food source.

Very long harvest season as fruit ripen Sept-December
Bright yellow and orange small persimmon fruit hanging in the tree surrounded by its thick, speckled yellow-green leaves The gray and burnt orange blocky bark of an American persimmon tree. The blocks fit tightly together like kernels on a corn cob. Very distinct bark that can be easily identified in the winter
October 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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I remember Pears Soap but this is a new one on me.
And here's a fact about Persimmons.
Its history dates back to prehistoric times.
Native Americans ate it dried.
Persimmon is an Anglicized version of 'pessamin' or 'putchamin' an Algonquin word which means dried fruit.
April 11, 2026 at 8:52 AM
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HareLoom Dinesty’s Hare-e Hare remembers the Lore dropped by Harriet Hare in his last encounter with “Putchamin” and waited…

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February 27, 2026 at 2:29 AM
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“The word persimmon comes from putchamin, pasiminan, or pessamin, from Powhatan, an Algonquian language, meaning ‘a dry fruit.’” www.adkinsarboretum.org/programs_eve...
American Persimmon : Indigenous Peoples' Perspective Project : Programs | Events : Adkins Arboretum
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April 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Here is my new #WildFood #meme #comic series that is for the #WildGreenMemesForEcologicalFiends FB group charity battle. #HareLoomDINEsty with #Putchamin #Persimmon #AmericanPersimmon

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#HareLoomDinesty with Putchamin Templates of these hares available in the comments to create your own HareLoom Memes for the WGMFEF Charity Battle! _______________________________________ Join The HareLoom DINEsty gang for a Hare Brained Journey on Wild Foods! ✅We like to meme about: ✅Feral Heirloom Foods ✅Native Plants our Domestic Food came from ✅Identifying Wild native food* ✅Tips and Tricks for enjoying Feral and Wild foods ✅Weird Ass History of these foods - often does involve butt stuff ❌No Myco Mob, Fungi but we don't want to hurt the Unqualified Team ❌ No food that has a toxic look alike, unless it is Lore of what not to do = Weird Ass History / a WGMEF version of Horrible Histories Hares depicted may be enjoying a particular wild edible, but we don't talk about that... *Seriously though, can't safely give wild mushroom food tips as memes! Myco Mob will kill you! IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A color saturated meadow with two hares in the foreground and text that reads,"We are the HARELOOM DINESTY, Together We Weave Wild Food Lore." "Eat Sunchokes to ensure the office meeting ends early" This is the first of three panels Image Description: A Persimmon Tree in the background in leaf with fruit. in the Foreground are two hares. The first Hare asks, "What is this weird fruit?" the second hare responds,"Persimmon". The first hare then states, 'Aren't those from Asia?" This is the second of three panels Image Description: A Persimmon Tree in the background in leaf with fruit. In the Foreground are two hares, above their heads is a framed image of two cartoon Tanuki eating persimmons on the ground. The second hare answers, "Most people first encounter persimmons in Asian food or films, such as seeing these Tanuki eating them in the Studio Ghibli film Pom Poko. American Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) are smaller and sweeter" Image Description: A Persimmon Tree in the background in leaf with fruit. in the Foreground are two hares. The first hare has an exaggerated puckered face as they spit out the persimmon yelling "PEH" The second hare continues, "But they are also more astringent before they are ripe which only happens after they experience frost. Persimmon is derived from the Algonquian word "Putchamin", meaning "Dry Fruit" because they are so Astringent."
February 26, 2026 at 3:11 PM