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plum (enc)

Plum

Noun1.plum - any of several trees producing edible oval smooth-skinned fruit with a single hard stone
plum - any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval smooth-skinned fruit with a single pit
genus Prunus, Prunus - a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions
wild plum, wild plum tree - an uncultivated plum tree or shrub
common plum, Prunus domestica - any of various widely distributed plums grown in the cooler temperate areas
bullace, Prunus insititia - small wild or half-domesticated Eurasian plum bearing small ovoid fruit in clusters
big-tree plum, Prunus mexicana - small tree of southwestern United States having purplish-red fruit sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its large leaves
Canada plum, Prunus nigra - small tree native to northeastern North America having oblong orange-red fruit
cherry plum, myrobalan, myrobalan plum, Prunus cerasifera - small Asiatic tree bearing edible red or yellow fruit; used in Europe as budding stock
Japanese plum, Prunus salicina - small tree of China and Japan bearing large yellow to red plums usually somewhat inferior to European plums in flavor
Pacific plum, Prunus subcordata, Sierra plum - shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States bearing small red insipid fruit
fruit tree - tree bearing edible fruit
2.plum - any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval smooth-skinned fruit with a single pit
edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
damson, damson plum - sweet dark purple plum
greengage, greengage plum - sweet green or greenish-yellow variety of plum
beach plum - small dark purple fruit used especially in jams and pies
sloe - small sour dark purple fruit of especially the Allegheny plum bush
Victoria plum - a large red plum served as dessert
plum, plum tree - any of several trees producing edible oval smooth-skinned fruit with a single hard stone
drupe, stone fruit - fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond; peach; plum; cherry; elderberry; olive; jujube
Adv.1.plum - exactly; "fell plumb in the middle of the puddle"
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
2.plum - completely; used as intensifiers; "clean forgot the appointment"; "I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out"
jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"

 

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