Other Definitions plum (enc)
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Plum| Noun | 1. | plum - any of several trees producing edible oval smooth-skinned fruit with a single hard stoneplum - 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 big-tree plum, Prunus mexicana - small tree of southwestern United States having purplish-red fruit sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its large leaves Japanese plum, Prunus salicina - small tree of China and Japan bearing large yellow to red plums usually somewhat inferior to European plums in flavor | | | 2. | plum - any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval smooth-skinned fruit with a single pitedible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh beach plum - small dark purple fruit used especially in jams and pies sloe - small sour dark purple fruit of especially the Allegheny plum bush 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" | |
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