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Persimmons
- noun - any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros
- orange fruit resembling a plum; edible when fully ripe
- Reddish brown colour
Persist In
- verb - carry forward; "We continued our research into the cause of the illness"
- do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop; "We continued our research into the cause of the illness"; "The landlord persists in asking us to move"
Persistent
- adjective - continually recurring to the mind; "haunting memories"; "the cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty"- Claudia Cassidy
- never-ceasing; "the relentless beat of the drums"
- retained; not shed; "persistent leaves remain attached past maturity"; "the persistent gills of fishes"
- stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion"
Persisting
- verb - be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions"
- continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"
- relentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in pursuit; "impossible to escape the dogging fears"
- stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"
Pertinence
- noun - relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand
Pertinency
- noun - relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand
Pessimisms
- noun - a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things
- the feeling that things will turn out badly
Pessimists
- noun - a person who expects the worst
- negative people
Pesticides
- noun - a chemical used to kill pests (as rodents or insects)