plum : Idioms & Phrases

• noun wild plum of northeastern United States having dark purple fruits with yellow flesh
  sloe; Prunus alleghaniensis; Alleghany plum.
  

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• noun wild plum of northeastern United States having dark purple fruits with yellow flesh
  sloe; Prunus alleghaniensis; Alleghany plum.
  

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• noun wild plum trees of eastern and central North America having red-orange fruit with yellow flesh
  Prunus americana; American red plum; August plum.
  

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• noun wild plum trees of eastern and central North America having red-orange fruit with yellow flesh
  Prunus americana; American red plum; August plum.
  

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• noun seacoast shrub of northeastern North America having showy white blossoms and edible purple fruit
  beach plum; Prunus maritima.
  
• noun small dark purple fruit used especially in jams and pies
  

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• noun seacoast shrub of northeastern North America having showy white blossoms and edible purple fruit
  beach plum; Prunus maritima.
  

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• noun small tree of southwestern United States having purplish-red fruit sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its large leaves
  Prunus mexicana.
  

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• noun small tree native to northeastern North America having oblong orange-red fruit
  Prunus nigra.
  

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• noun edible scarlet plumlike fruit of a South African plant
  carissa plum.
  

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• noun small Asiatic tree bearing edible red or yellow fruit
  Prunus cerasifera; cherry plum; myrobalan.
  

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• noun small native American shrubby tree bearing small edible yellow to reddish fruit
  Prunus angustifolia; hog plum; chickasaw plum.
  

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• noun small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit
  icaco; coco plum; Chrysobalanus icaco; coco plum tree.
  
• noun plum-shaped whitish to almost black fruit used for preserves; tropical American
  coco plum; icaco.
  

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• noun small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit
  icaco; coco plum; Chrysobalanus icaco; coco plum tree.
  

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• noun small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit
  icaco; coco plum; Chrysobalanus icaco; coco plum tree.
  
• noun plum-shaped whitish to almost black fruit used for preserves; tropical American
  coco plum; icaco.
  

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• noun any of various widely distributed plums grown in the cooler temperate areas
  Prunus domestica.
  

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• a small dark-colored plum, generally called damson.

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• noun tropical American timber tree with dark hard heavy wood and small plumlike purple fruit
  Chrysophyllum oliviforme; satinleaf; satin leaf; caimitillo.
  
• noun plum tree long cultivated for its edible fruit
  Prunus domestica insititia; damson plum.
  
• noun dark purple plum of the damson tree
  damson.
  

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• noun plum tree long cultivated for its edible fruit
  Prunus domestica insititia; damson plum.
  

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• noun an Asiatic persimmon tree cultivated for its small yellow or purplish-black edible fruit much valued by Afghan tribes
  Diospyros lotus.
  

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• (Bot.), the fruit of several species of Diospyros, including the American and Japanese persimmons, and the European lotus (D. Lotus).

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• noun wild plum trees of eastern and central North America having red-orange fruit with yellow flesh
  Prunus americana; American red plum; August plum.
  

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• noun small shrubby tree of Madagascar cultivated in tropical regions as a hedge plant and for its deep red acid fruits resembling small plums
  Flacourtia indica; governor's plum; batoko palm; ramontchi; governor plum.
  

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• noun small shrubby tree of Madagascar cultivated in tropical regions as a hedge plant and for its deep red acid fruits resembling small plums
  Flacourtia indica; governor's plum; batoko palm; ramontchi; governor plum.
  

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• noun sweet green or greenish-yellow variety of plum
  greengage.
  

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• (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Astragalus caryocarpus) occurring from the Saskatchewan to Texas, and having a succulent plum-shaped pod.

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• (Bot.), the fruit of Parinarium excelsum, a large West African tree of the order Chrysobalaneæ, having a scarcely edible fruit somewhat resembling a plum, which is also called gray plum and rough-skin plum.

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• noun tropical American tree having edible yellow fruit
  yellow mombin tree; Spondias mombin; yellow mombin.
  
• noun small native American shrubby tree bearing small edible yellow to reddish fruit
  Prunus angustifolia; hog plum; chickasaw plum.
  
• noun fruit of the wild plum of southern United States
  hog plum.
  
• noun yellow oval tropical fruit
  yellow mombin.
  

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• (Bot.), a tropical tree, of the genus Spondias (S. lutea), with fruit somewhat resembling plums, but chiefly eaten by hogs. It is found in the West Indies.

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• noun small native American shrubby tree bearing small edible yellow to reddish fruit
  Prunus angustifolia; hog plum; chickasaw plum.
  

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• noun small tree of China and Japan bearing large yellow to red plums usually somewhat inferior to European plums in flavor
  Prunus salicina.
  
• noun evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan
  loquat; Japanese medlar; loquat tree; Eriobotrya japonica.
  
• noun yellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone and relatively little flesh; used for jellies
  loquat.
  

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• noun small shrubby tree of Madagascar cultivated in tropical regions as a hedge plant and for its deep red acid fruits resembling small plums
  Flacourtia indica; governor's plum; batoko palm; ramontchi; governor plum.
  

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• (Bot.), a West Indian tree (Comocladia integrifolia) with purplish drupes. The sap of the tree is glutinous, and gives a persistent black stain.

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• noun brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet
  sapote; mammee.
  

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• noun slow-growing procumbent evergreen shrublet of northern North America and Japan having white flowers and numerous white fleshy rough and hairy seeds
  Gaultheria hispidula; maidenhair berry; creeping snowberry.
  

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• noun small Asiatic tree bearing edible red or yellow fruit
  Prunus cerasifera; cherry plum; myrobalan.
  

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• noun very large closely branched South African shrub having forked bright green spines and shiny leaves
  Carissa grandiflora; amatungulu; Carissa macrocarpa.
  
• noun South African shrub having forked spines and plumlike fruit; frequently used as hedging
  Carissa bispinosa; hedge thorn.
  
• noun edible scarlet plumlike fruit of a South African plant
  carissa plum.
  

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Na*tal" plum`

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1. (Bot.) The drupaceous fruit of two South African shrubs of the genus Arduina (A. bispinosa and A. grandiflora).

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• noun shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States bearing small red insipid fruit
  Prunus subcordata; Pacific plum.
  

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• (Bot.), the edible drupes of two West African species of Chrysobalanus (C. ellipticus and C. luteus).

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• (Zoöl.), the European bullfinch.

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• noun a stiff flour pudding steamed or boiled usually and containing e.g. currants and raisins and citron
  duff.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a weevil, or curculio (Coccotorus scutellaris), which destroys plums. It makes round holes in the pulp, for the reception of its eggs. The larva bores into the stone and eats the kernel.

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• noun a rich steamed or boiled pudding that resembles cake
  Christmas pudding.
  

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• noun for Chinese dishes: plum preserves and chutney
  

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• noun an Italian variety of cherry tomato that is shaped like a plum
  
• noun a kind of cherry tomato that is frequently used in cooking rather than eaten raw
  

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• noun any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone
  plum.
  

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• (Zoöl.), an American weevil which is very destructive to plums, nectarines cherries, and many other stone fruits. It lays its eggs in crescent-shaped incisions made with its jaws. The larva lives upon the pulp around the stone. Called also turk, and plum curculio. See Illust. under Curculio.

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• noun South American evergreen tree or shrub
  Prumnopitys andina; Prumnopitys elegans.
  

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• noun any of several evergreen trees and shrubs of eastern Asia resembling yew and having large seeds enclosed in a fleshy envelope; sometimes cultivated as ornamentals
  

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• noun a family of Cephalotaxaceae
  family Cephalotaxaceae; Cephalotaxaceae.
  

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• noun tropical fruit with a rough brownish skin and very sweet brownish pulp
  sapota; sapodilla.
  

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• (Bot.), the fruit of Achras Sapota. It is about the size of an ordinary quince, having a rough, brittle, dull brown rind, the flesh being of a dirty yellowish white color, very soft, and deliciously sweet. Called also naseberry. It is eatable only when it begins to be spotted, and is much used in desserts.

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• noun shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States bearing small red insipid fruit
  Prunus subcordata; Pacific plum.
  

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• (Bot.), the edible acid fruit of an Australian tree (Owenia venosa); also, the tree itself, which furnished a hard reddish wood used by wheelwrights.

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• noun a large red plum served as dessert
  

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• noun an uncultivated plum tree or shrub
  wild plum.
  
• noun fruit of the wild plum of southern United States
  hog plum.
  

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• . (Bot.) (a) Any kind of plum growing without cultivation. (b) The South African prune. See under Prune.

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• noun an uncultivated plum tree or shrub
  wild plum.
  

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