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pluman oval, fleshy, edible fruit: He stuck in his thumb and pulled out a plum.
Not to be confused with:plumb – exactly vertical: plumb in the center; determine the depth of; experience in extremes: plumb the depths of fear; provide with plumbing; work as a plumberplume – a soft, fluffy feather: the plume of an egret; emissions from a stack, flue, or chimney: a plume of smokeplum 1 P0381000 (plŭm)n.1. a. Any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Prunus of the rose family, especially the cultivated species P. domestica and P. salicina, bearing smooth-skinned, fleshy, edible fruit with a single stone.b. The fruit of any of these trees.2. a. Any of several trees bearing plumlike fruit.b. The fruit of such a tree.3. A raisin, when added to a pudding or cake.4. A sugarplum.5. A dark purple to deep reddish purple.6. An especially desirable position, assignment, or reward: an ambassadorship granted as a political plum.
[Middle English, from Old English plūme; akin to Old High German phrūma, pflūmo, Greek proumnon, and Latin prūnum, all ultimately from a common unknown source .]
plum 2 P0381000 (plŭm) Informal adv. Variant of plumb..adj. Variant of plumb..plum (plʌm) n1. (Plants) a small rosaceous tree, Prunus domestica, with white flowers and an edible oval fruit that is purple, yellow, or green and contains an oval stone. See also greengage, damson2. (Plants) the fruit of this tree3. (Cookery) a raisin, as used in a cake or pudding4. (Colours) a. a dark reddish-purple colourb. (as adjective): a plum carpet. 5. informal a. something of a superior or desirable kind, such as a financial bonusb. (as modifier): a plum job. [Old English plūme; related to Latin prunum, German Pflaume] ˈplumˌlike adj
plum (plʌm) adj, adv a variant spelling of plumb3, plumb4, plumb5, plumb6plum1 (plʌm)
n., adj. plum•mer, plum•mest. n. 1. the drupaceous fruit of any of several trees belonging to the genus Prunus, of the rose family, having an oblong stone. 2. the tree itself. 3. any of various other trees bearing a plumlike fruit. 4. the fruit itself. 5. a sugarplum. 6. a raisin, as in a pudding. 7. a deep bluish to reddish purple. 8. an excellent or desirable thing, as a rewarding job. adj. 9. very desirable or rewarding; plummy. [before 900; Middle English; Old English plūme (c. German Pflaume) « Greek proûmnon plum, proúmnē plum tree; compare prune1] plum2 (plʌm)
adj., adv. plumb (defs. 2–6). plum- drupe - A fleshy fruit with thin skin and a central stone (e.g. almonds, cherries, plums, olives), it comes from Latin drupa, "overripe olive," from Greek druppa, "olive."
- plum, prune - Plum and prune are ultimately the same word, coming from Greek proumnon.
- plum job - Relates to the 1600s British term "plum" for 1,000 pounds, meaning a serious amount of money.
- plum pudding - So named because it was originally made with plums—the word was retained to denote "raisin," which became the main ingredient.
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  plum - any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stoneplum treeplum - any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pitgenus Prunus, Prunus - a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regionswild plum, wild plum tree - an uncultivated plum tree or shrubcommon plum, Prunus domestica - any of various widely distributed plums grown in the cooler temperate areasbullace, Prunus insititia - small wild or half-domesticated Eurasian plum bearing small ovoid fruit in clustersbig-tree plum, Prunus mexicana - small tree of southwestern United States having purplish-red fruit sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its large leavesCanada plum, Prunus nigra - small tree native to northeastern North America having oblong orange-red fruitcherry plum, myrobalan, myrobalan plum, Prunus cerasifera - small Asiatic tree bearing edible red or yellow fruitJapanese plum, Prunus salicina - small tree of China and Japan bearing large yellow to red plums usually somewhat inferior to European plums in flavorPacific plum, Prunus subcordata, Sierra plum - shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States bearing small red insipid fruitfruit tree - tree bearing edible fruit | | 2. | plum - any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pitedible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet fleshdamson, damson plum - dark purple plum of the damson treegreengage, greengage plum - sweet green or greenish-yellow variety of plumbeach plum - small dark purple fruit used especially in jams and piessloe - small sour dark purple fruit of especially the Allegheny plum bushVictoria plum - a large red plum served as dessertplum, plum tree - any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stonedrupe, stone fruit - fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond; peach; plum; cherry; elderberry; olive; jujube | | 3. | plum - a highly desirable position or assignment; "a political plum"berth, billet, post, situation, position, office, place, spot - a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury" | | Adv. | 1. | plum - exactly; "fell plumb in the middle of the puddle"plumbcolloquialism - 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"clean, plumbjargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" |
plumadjective choice, prize, first-class Laura landed a plum job with a smart art gallery.plumnoun1. Something given in return for a service or accomplishment:accolade, award, guerdon, honorarium, premium, prize, reward.Idiom: token of appreciation.2. A person or thing worth catching:catch, prize.Slang: brass ring.Translationsplum (plam) noun a type of fruit, usually dark-red or purple, with a stone in the centre. 梅子 梅子plum cake/pudding (a) cake or pudding containing raisins, currants etc. 葡萄乾糕餅(布丁) 葡萄干糕饼（布丁）
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speak with a plum in (one's) mouthTo speak in a manner that is indicative of a high social class. Primarily heard in UK. He spoke with such a plum in his mouth that none of us working-class sods could stand to listen to him.See also: mouth, plum, speakhave a plum in (one's) mouthTo speak in a manner that is indicative of a high social class. Primarily heard in UK. Because he always sounds like he has a plum in his mouth, none of us working-class sods can stand to listen to him.See also: have, mouth, plumlike a ripe plumEasily; with very little resistance. After a few months of being cut off from supplies, the city will fall into our hands like a ripe plum.See also: like, plum, ripea plum in (one's) mouthA manner of speech that is indicative of a high social class. Primarily heard in UK. Because he always sounds like he has a plum in his mouth, none of us working-class sods can stand to listen to him. Have you noticed that Sally's been speaking with a plum in her mouth ever since she started living in inner London?See also: mouth, pluma plum in your mouth BRITISHIf someone speaks with a plum in their mouth, they speak with an accent that is typical of a high social class. While she does not talk with a plum in her mouth, she is very articulate. Note: This expression is used to show disapproval. Note: This is from the idea that the accent used by upper-class speakers of British English makes them sound as though they have a plum in their mouth. See also: mouth, plumhave a plum in your mouth have a rich-sounding voice or affected accent. BritishSee also: have, mouth, plumlike a ripe plum (or ripe plums) used to convey that something can be obtained with little or no effort.See also: like, plum, ripeplum n. a prize or reward; something that can be considered the spoils of a political office. My plum for getting elected was a big new office. plum
plum, common name for a tree of any of many species of the genus Prunus of the family Rosaceae (roserose,
common name for some members of the Rosaceae, a large family of herbs, shrubs, and trees distributed over most of the earth, and for plants of the genus Rosa, the true roses.
..... Click the link for more information. family) and for its fruit, a drupe. The plum is generally cultivated in the temperate zones, though among the numerous varieties and hybrids are types suitable for many soils and sites. Of the plum's more than 100 species 30 are native to North America. It has been cultivated since prehistoric times, longer perhaps than any other fruit except the apple. Alexander the Great is said to have introduced it into Greece from Syria or Persia, where the damson plum had long been grown. The name damson is now applied to several varieties of Prunus domestica, the common garden plum of European or SW Asian origin, e.g., P. domestica var. insititia and others having small leaves and small, oval fruits usually borne in clusters. The fruits are generally tart and are favored for preserves. The greengages and pruneprune,
popular name for a dried plum. Fruits of the many varieties of Prunus domestica, which are firm-fleshed and dry easily without removal of the stone, are gathered after falling from the tree, dipped in lye solution to prevent fermentation, dried in the sun or in
..... Click the link for more information. plums are also varieties of P. domestica. Populations of plum trees that grow in the wild usually revert to the damson type. In the United States the wild red plum (P. americana) is found along streams and in thickets from New York to the Rocky Mts. Its small, sweet fruit has a purple bloom. This plum was utilized by Native Americans, who ate it raw, cooked, and dried; when dried it was a staple article of diet. Plum butter is made from it. Another American variety is the beach plum, or shore plum (P. maritima), a low-growing shrub common along the eastern coast, especially on Cape Cod, where the gathering of fruit for jelly and preserves became a commercial project. Most of the cultivated plums in the United States are derived from European and Japanese varieties (e.g., P. salicina, introduced by Burbank into the United States from Japan in 1870), although some good ones have come from native species and are valuable in that they thrive in the extreme north and south. The myrobalan, or cherry plum (P. cerasifera), is often used as an understock in plum cultivation. The European plum may be an ancient natural hybrid of this and another Middle Eastern species. The typical plum tree is low and wide-spreading and is one of the earliest fruit trees to bloom. In Japan, where there are many famous plum gardens, the feathery blossoms are much used in decoration. The plum is also of ornamental value in the United States, many of the varieties so used having red or purple foliage and double white, pink, or lilac flowers. The plum is closely related to the almond, apricot, cherry, and other species of the genus Prunus; a number of apricot-plum hybrids, such as the plumcot, Pluot, and Aprium, have been developed. Plums are classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Rosales, family Rosaceae.
Plum, borough (1990 pop. 25,609), Allegheny co., SW Pa. on the Allegheny River, in a bituminous coal area; founded 1788, inc. 1956. It is a residential suburb of Pittsburgh. Apples and nursery stock are grown and there is dairying.plum[pləm] (botany) Any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Prunus that bear smooth-skinned, globular to oval, drupaceous stone fruit. (geology) A clast embedded in a matrix of a different kind, especially a pebble in a conglomerate. plum, plum stoneA large random-shaped stone which is dropped into freshly placed mass concrete to economize on the amount of concrete mortar required.plumsymbol of faithfulness. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 176]See: Faithfulnessplum1. a small rosaceous tree, Prunus domestica, with white flowers and an edible oval fruit that is purple, yellow, or green and contains an oval stone 2. the fruit of this tree 3. a. a dark reddish-purple colour b. (as adjective): a plum carpet PLUMA compiler for a substantial subset of PL/I for theUnivac 1100, from the University of Maryland.
["PL/I Programming with PLUM", M.V. Zelkowitz, Paladin House,1978].Plum
PlumIn the United Kingdom, a rarely used slang term for 100,000 pounds.PLUM
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Synonyms for plumadj choiceSynonymsSynonyms for plumnoun something given in return for a service or accomplishmentSynonyms- accolade
- award
- guerdon
- honorarium
- premium
- prize
- reward
noun a person or thing worth catchingSynonymsSynonyms for plumnoun any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stoneSynonymsRelated Words- plum
- genus Prunus
- Prunus
- wild plum
- wild plum tree
- common plum
- Prunus domestica
- bullace
- Prunus insititia
- big-tree plum
- Prunus mexicana
- Canada plum
- Prunus nigra
- cherry plum
- myrobalan
- myrobalan plum
- Prunus cerasifera
- Japanese plum
- Prunus salicina
- Pacific plum
- Prunus subcordata
- Sierra plum
- fruit tree
noun any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pitRelated Words- edible fruit
- damson
- damson plum
- greengage
- greengage plum
- beach plum
- sloe
- Victoria plum
- plum
- plum tree
- drupe
- stone fruit
noun a highly desirable position or assignmentRelated Words- berth
- billet
- post
- situation
- position
- office
- place
- spot
adv exactlySynonymsRelated Wordsadv completelySynonymsRelated Words- jargon
- lingo
- patois
- argot
- vernacular
- slang
- cant
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