(a) a plum with a pale yellow or green skin; a tree bearing such fruit; frequently attributive; cf. wheat-plum, n.; †(b) a tree of Barbados having…

A wild plum (Prunus insititia) larger than the sloe; there are two varieties, the black (or dark-blue) and the white; also well-known as a…

A kind of plum or plum-like fruit. Cf. myxa, n.

Originally: a small kind of plum, either fresh or dried. Later: spec. the sloe, the bitter fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa), which may be…

attributive and in other combinations, as bullace-fruit, bullace-plum.

A small red variety of plum.

With distinguishing word. The fruit of a particular variety of plum (sense A. 2) or a particular species of the genus Prunus; the tree bearing…

Name of a supposed variety of plum.

= wheat-plum, n.

a plum having qualities similar to the Choke-pear; used figuratively.

any of several varieties of plum tree bearing pear-shaped or oblong fruit, used chiefly as rootstock (more fully pear plum-tree); the fruit of…

a variety of large blue plum.

A wild black plum; esp. the bullace, Prunus insititia.

A species of wild plum, esp. the bullace (Prunus insititia) or the sloe (P. spinosa).

A kind of plum (not identified). Obsolete. rare.

attributive and in other combinations, as bullace-fruit, bullace-plum.

= myrobalan, n. 1.

any of several varieties of plum, (in later use) esp. one grown for drying.

Chiefly with distinguishing word. Any of several varieties of late-ripening plum (Prunus domestica), some of which are used dried as prunes. Cf. date…

A dark purple variety of plum; the tree bearing this fruit, used chiefly as a stock for grafting.

any of several varieties of plum having (perhaps) either a musky flavour or (more typically) golden skin or flesh.

(a) any of several plum trees with dark-coloured fruit; the fruit of any of these trees; (now rare); (b) any of several other trees with…

Any of several early varieties of plum; usually with distinguishing word referring to the colour of the skin. Also primordian plum.

More fully Queen Mother plum. A variety of plum with red skin and sweet flesh. Now rare.

Any of various late-ripening plums; esp. a damson or bullace (Prunus domestica insititia). Cf. cracks, n.

The fruit of the cherry plum, Prunus cerasifera; the tree itself. Also myrobalan plum.

†(a) Also more fully Christian plum: a small variety of plum. Obsolete. (b) Also more fully Christian pear, good Christian pear: a Bon Chrétien pear…

In full Monsieur plum, Monsieur's plum. A variety of plum, the Orleans (Orleans, n. 2b). Obsolete.

a variety of plum.

Chiefly with distinguishing word. Any of several varieties of plum (Prunus domestica). See also date plum, n. 1. Now rare.

A variety of early plum; = primordian, n. Obsolete. rare.

More fully Orleans plum. Any of several varieties of plum; the fruit (usually purple or dark red) of such varieties. Frequently attributive. Now rare…

A small sweet yellow plum, eaten chiefly in France; the tree producing this fruit, Prunus × domestica subsp. italica var. syriaca.

The astringent plumlike fruit of any of various tropical trees of the genus Terminalia (family Combretaceae), esp. T. bellirica and T. chebula…

Also more fully Mogul plum. A large yellow variety of cooking plum (frequently in White Mogul). Mogul Rouge n. a similar red variety of plum. Cf. ma…

= mussel plum, n. Obsolete. rare.

a wild plum with small leaves, flowers, and fruits, Prunus angustifolia, found mainly in the south-eastern and Midwestern United States; the reddish…

(also more fully blue gage plum) a variety of plum with bluish skin.

Any of several varieties of large cooking plum. Also with modifying word. Also magnum bonum plum.

(a) a cultivated variety of gooseberry having yellowish-green fruits; (b) (more fully Coe's golden drop) a variety of plum with yellow skin and…

a type of plum, Prunus maritima, found in sandy habitats on the Atlantic coast of North America; (also) the edible purple fruit produced by this tree.

(a) see quot. 1796; (b) the Queensland plum, Owenia cerasifera; (c) a species of hog-plum, Spondias pleigyna.

a small acid variety of plum.

in Britain, P. insititia or spinosa; in North America, P. americana and P. subcordata (Treasury Bot. and Miller Plant-n.); see also plum, n. 3b; see…

A variety of plum of German origin, having oval, dark-skinned fruit used chiefly for cooking, preserving, and drying; a plum of this variety…

an egg-shaped plum, generally of a light yellow colour.

A variety of plum characterized by its luscious flavour and rich red colour. Also attributive.

P. Myrobalana; also myrobella plum.

(see quot.).

Any of various varieties of plum grown specifically for drying, with firm flesh, high sugar content, and usually a purple skin. Cf. earlier prune plum…

(see quots.).

a blue-black dessert plum, usually crystallized.

= horse plum, n. 1.

the fruit of a variety of plum (Prunus domestica), dried and exported from France; a prune; (also) the tree from which this fruit is obtained.