Persian melon
— Noun
– English
～ the fruit of a variety of winter melon vine; a large green melon with orange flesh
Persian cat
— Noun
– English
～ a long-haired breed of cat
Persian lilac
— Noun
– English
～ small densely branching Asiatic shrub having lanceolate leaves and panicles of fragrant lilac flowers
Persian Gulf
— Noun
– English
～ a shallow arm of the Arabian Sea between Iran and the Arabian peninsula; the Persian Gulf oil fields are among the most productive in the world
Persian lamb
— Noun
– English
～ the fur of a karakul lamb
Persian deity
— Noun
– English
～ a deity worshiped by the ancient Persians
Persian
— Adjective
– English
～ of or relating to Iran or its people or language or culture; "Iranian mountains"; "Iranian security police"
persimmon
— Noun
– English
～ orange fruit resembling a plum; edible when fully ripe
persimmon
— Noun
– English
～ any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros
persist in
— Verb
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～ 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"
persist
— Verb
– English
～ continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"
persist
— Verb
– English
～ be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions"
persist
— Verb
– English
～ stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"
persistence
— Noun
– English
～ the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior; "his perseveration continued to the point where it was no longer appropriate"
persistence
— Noun
– English
～ persistent determination
persistence
— Noun
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～ the property of a continuous and connected period of time
persistency
— Noun
– English
～ persistent determination
persistent
— Adjective
– English
～ retained; not shed; "persistent leaves remain attached past maturity"; "the persistent gills of fishes"
persistent
— Adjective
– English
～ 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"