Definition of: porsimmon

(pər·sim′ən) noun
1. The orange–red or yellow, plumlike fruit of an American tree of the ebony family (genus Diospyros), very astringent in taste until exposed to frost.
2. The tree, its hard blackish wood, or its tonic and astringent bark. [<Algonquian. Cf. Cree pasiminan dried fruit.]