plum
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Anatolianbor. Ancient Greek προῦμνον (proûmnon)bor. Latin prūnum Vulgar Latin *prūmabor. Proto-West Germanic *plūmā Old English plūme Middle English plomme English plum From Middle English plomme, ploume, from Old English plūme, from Proto-West Germanic *plūmā, borrowed from Latin prūnum. Doublet of prune.
Definitions
The fruit and its tree.
Extended senses.
- He […] acquired a plentiful fortune, tho', to his infinite regret, he died before it amounted to a Plum […].
Of a dark bluish-red colour.
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Choice
Choice; especially lavish or preferred.
- She landed a plum position as an executive for the firm.
Plumb.
Completely
Completely; utterly.
- You're going to think I'm plum crazy for this, but I want to adopt all seven kittens.
To plumb.
A surname.
A place name
A place name:
The neighborhood
- synonymplum treetree
- synonymplumtreetree
- neighborfruit
- neighborbriolette
- neighbordamson
- neighborgreengage
- neighbormirabelle
- neighbormyrobalan
- neighborprune
- neighborsapote
- neighborslivovitz
- neighborsloe
- neighborumeboshi
- neighborumesu
Derived
Allegheny plum, American black plum, American plum, American wild plum, apple-plum, aprium, Assyrian plum, August plum, Australian plum, bag plum, batoko plum, beach plum, beach-plum, big-tree plum, black plum of Illawarra, black plum, bladder plum, blood plum, Brazil plum, Brazilian plum, bullace plum, burdekin plum, California plum, Canada plum, carissa plum, cassowary plum Cerbera floribunda, Cherokee plum, cherry plum, Chickasaw plum, Chinese plum, cocoa plum, coco plum, cocoplum, common plum, damascene plum, damask plum, damson plum, Darling plum, date plum, date-plum · +176 more
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA