plum
IPA: pɫˈʌm
noun
- The fruit and its tree.
- An edible, fleshy stone fruit of Prunus domestica (European plum), often of a dark red or purple colour.
- A stone-fruit tree which bears this fruit, Prunus domestica.
- The edible, fleshy stone fruit of several species resembling the plum, or the tree from which they grow.
- Prunus sect. Prunus
- Prunus cerasifera (cherry plum or myrobalan)
- Prunus salicina (Chinese plum or Japanese plum)
- Prunus spinosa (sloe)
- Prunus ursina (bear's plum)
- Prunus sect. Prunocerasus North American plums
- Prunus americana (American plum)
- Prunus angustifolia (Chickasaw plum or sand plum)
- Prunus hortulana (hortulan plum)
- Prunus nigra (Canadian plum or black plum)
- Prunus rivularis (creek plum or hog plum)
- Prunus subcordata (Klamath plum or Oregon plum)
- Prunus sect. Armeniaca (better known as apricots)
- Prunus mume, an Asian fruit more closely related to the apricot than the plum, usually consumed pickled, dried, or as a juice or wine; ume.
- (now rare) A dried grape or raisin, as used in a pudding or cake.
- Extended senses.
- (now rare, archaic) One hundred thousand pounds; (generally) a fortune.
- A desirable or choice thing of its kind; a prize selection; a choice appointment, assignment etc.
- A dark bluish-red color/colour, the colour of some plums.
- (slang, usually in the plural) A testicle.
- (derogatory, chiefly UK) A fool, an idiot.
- A surname.
verb
- (mining) To plumb.
adjective
- (comparable) Of a dark bluish-red colour.
- (not comparable) Choice; especially lavish or preferred.
- Plumb
adverb
- Completely; utterly.
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Examples of "plum" in Sentences
- Prunes are dried plums.
- The plums are crystallized.
- The girl's favourite fruit is plum.
- My favourite fruit is plum, not banana.
- The farmer harvested plums from the field.
- The disease reduces regeneration of the plums.
- The flower is usually known as the plum blossom.
- The dry fruits can macerate well for the plum cake.
- The trees on the mountain are mostly plum and pear.
- However, the species is a legume and is unrelated to the plum.