plum
noun /plʌm/
/plʌm/
- enlarge image[countable] a soft round fruit with smooth red or purple skin, that is sweet inside with a large flat seed
- a plum tree
- [uncountable, countable] a dark colour between red and purple
Word OriginOld English plūme, from medieval Latin pruna, from Latin prunum, from Greek prou(m)non ‘plum’.