October theme: Indigenous Peoples Day

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Saskatoon, persimmon

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• Algic *mene berry

  • Yurok menomen Juneberry
  • Algonquian *mi·na berry

    • Arapaho biino chokecherry

      • Arapaho biinehe' cherry
      • Arapaho biisib peach, plum
    • Blackfoot ᒍᐡ min' berry
    • Cheyenne mene berry, fruit
    • Central Algonquian

      • Cree ᒦᓂᐢ miinis (wild) berry or fruit

        • Cree ᒥᓵᐢᑲᐧᑑᒥᐣ misa˙skwato˙min saskatoon berry

          • English saskatoon

            • English Saskatoon
      • Menominee -men- fruit, berry, grain
      • Ojibwe -min berry

        • Ojibwe niibiminaa high-bush cranberry

          • English pembina
        • Ojibwe mishiimin apple presumably "big berry, big fruit"

          • Ojibwe Mishiiminens-oodena Minneapolis bilingual pun, literally "mini-apple town"
    • Eastern Algonquian

      • Abenaki min- fruit, berry, seed
      • Mahican men berry
      • Powhatan *min

        • Powhatan *chechinquamins

          • English chinquapin
        • Powhatan *pichamins dried fruit

          • English persimmon
      • Unami min berry

        • Unami ximin persimmon
    • Algonquian *wete·himini strawberry

      • Central Algonquian

        • Cree ᐅᑌᐦᐃᒥᐣ otehimin strawberry
        • Miami ateehimini strawberry
        • Ojibwe ᐅᑌᐃᒥᓐ ode'imin strawberry
      • Eastern Algonquian

        • Massachusett wuttahminneoh strawberry
        • Unami wtèhim strawberry
    • Algonquian *ka·wimina spiny berry

      • Central Algonquian

        • Miami kaayominiiki gooseberries
    • Algonquian *(r)assimin

      • ?

        • Cajun French assiminier common pawpaw

          • English asimina

            • Translingual Asimina a taxonomic genus of pawpaws
    • Algonquian *pyakimini cranberry

      • Central Algonquian

        • Miami pyaakimina persimmon
      • Eastern Algonquian

        • Mohegan pôcum cranberry

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Collected English words

saskatoon, Saskatoon, pembina, chinquapin, persimmon, asimina, Asimina