plum

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see also: Plum

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Pronunciation

• enPR: plŭm, IPA: /plʌm/

Noun

plum (plural plums)

1. The edible, fleshy stone fruit of Prunus domestica, often of a dark red or purple colour.
2. The stone-fruit tree which bears this fruit, Prunus domestica.
3. A dark bluish-red color/colour, the colour of some plums.

    

    

4. A desirable thing.
5. (archaic) A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant language, the sum of £100,000 sterling, or a person possessing it.
6. (dated) A good or choice thing of its kind, as among appointments, positions, parts of a book, etc.

   The mayor rewarded his cronies with cushy plums, requiring little work for handsome pay.

7. A raisin, when used in a pudding or cake.
8. (pejorative) A fool, idiot.
9. (slang, usually, in the plural) A testicle.
10. The edible, fleshy stone fruit of several species sharing Prunus subg. Prunus with Prunus domestica including, among others:
    1. Prunus sect. Prunus
       1. Prunus cerasifera, the cherry plum or myrobalan
       2. Prunus salicina the Chinese plum or Japanese plum
       3. Prunus spinosa, the sloe
       4. Prunus ursina the bear's plum
    2. Prunus sect. Prunocerasus North American plums
       1. Prunus americana, the American plum
       2. Prunus angustifolia, the Chickasaw plum or sand plum
       3. Prunus hortulana, the hortulan plum
       4. Prunus nigra, the Canadian plum or black plum
       5. Prunus rivularis, the creek plum or hog plum
       6. Prunus subcordata, the Klamath plum or Oregon plum
    3. Prunus sect. Armeniaca (better known as apricots)
       1. Prunus mume, an Asian fruit more closely related to the apricot than the plum, usually consumed pickled, dried, or as a juice or wine; ume.
11. The stone-fruit trees which bear these fruits.
12. The fruits of many unrelated trees and shrubs with fruit perceived to resemble plums
13. The trees and shrubs bearing those fruits

Synonyms

• (tree) plum tree, plumtree
• (edible fleshy fruit of Prunus mume) ume

Translations

• French: prune
• German: Pflaume, Zwetschge
• Italian: prugna, susina
• Portuguese: ameixa
• Russian: сли́ва
• Spanish: ciruela

Translations

• French: prunier
• German: Pflaumenbaum
• Italian: prugno, susino
• Portuguese: ameixeira
• Russian: сли́ва
• Spanish: ciruelo

Translations

• French: meilleur morceau
• German: Leckerbissen

Translations

• Spanish: pelotudo

Translations

• Portuguese: bolas
• Spanish: huevos

Adjective

plum

1. (comparable) Of a dark bluish-red colour.
2. (not comparable) Choice; especially lavish or preferred.

   She landed a plum position as an executive for the firm.

Translations

• Spanish: selecto, escogido

Adjective

plum

1. Plumb

Adverb

plum (not comparable)

1. Completely; utterly.

   You're going to think I'm plum crazy for this, but I want to adopt all seven kittens.

Verb

plum (plums, present participle plumming; past and past participle plummed)

1. (mining) To plumb.

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Plum

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Proper noun

1. Surname

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