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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
plum \plum\, n. as. pl=ume, fr. l. prunum; akin to gr. ?, ?.
cf. prune a dried plum.
1913 webster
1. bot. the edible drupaceous fruit of the prunus
domestica, and of several other species of prunus;
also, the tree itself, usually called plum tree.
1913 webster
the bullace, the damson, and the numerous varieties
of plum, of our gardens, although growing into
thornless trees, are believed to be varieties of the
blackthorn, produced by long cultivation. --g.
bentham.
1913 webster
note: two or three hundred varieties of plums derived from
the prunus domestica are described; among them the
greengage, the orleans, the purple gage, or
reine claude violette, and the german prune, are
some of the best known.
1913 webster
note: among the true plums are;
beach plum, the prunus maritima, and its crimson or
purple globular drupes,
bullace plum. see bullace.
chickasaw plum, the american prunus chicasa, and its
round red drupes.
orleans plum, a dark reddish purple plum of medium size,
much grown in england for sale in the markets.
wild plum of america, prunus americana, with red or
yellow fruit, the original of the iowa plum and several
other varieties.
1913 webster among plants called plum, but of other
genera than prunus, are;
australian plum, cargillia arborea and cargillia
australis, of the same family with the persimmon.
blood plum, the west african haematostaphes barteri.
cocoa plum, the spanish nectarine. see under nectarine.
date plum. see under date.
gingerbread plum, the west african parinarium
macrophyllum.
gopher plum, the ogeechee lime.
gray plum, guinea plum. see under guinea.
indian plum, several species of flacourtia.
1913 webster
2. a grape dried in the sun; a raisin.
1913 webster
3. a handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant
language, the sum of pounds100,000 sterling; also, the
person possessing it.
1913 webster
4. something likened to a plum in desirableness; a good or
choice thing of its kind, as among appointments,
positions, parts of a book, etc.; as, the mayor rewarded
his cronies with cushy plums, requiring little work for
handsome pay
webster 1913 suppl. +pjc
5. a color resembling that of a plum; a slightly grayish deep
purple, varying somewhat in its red or blue tint.
pjc
plum bird, plum budder zool., the european bullfinch.
plum gouger zool., a weevil, or curculio coccotorus
scutellaris, which destroys plums. it makes round holes
in the pulp, for the reception of its eggs. the larva
bores into the stone and eats the kernel.
plum weevil zool., an american weevil which is very
destructive to plums, nectarines, cherries, and many other
stone fruits. it lays its eggs in crescent-shaped
incisions made with its jaws. the larva lives upon the
pulp around the stone. called also turk, and plum
curculio. see illust. under curculio.
1913 webster
see also:
prune prunus domestica prunus plum tree prunus domestica greengage
orleans purple gage reine claude violette german prune beach plum
prunus maritima bullace plum bullace chickasaw plum prunus chicasa
orleans plum wild plum of america prunus americana iowa plum australian plum
cargillia arborea cargillia australis blood plum haematostaphes barteri cocoa plum
nectarine date plum date gingerbread plum parinarium macrophyllum
gopher plum gray plum guinea plum guinea indian plum
flacourtia plum bird plum budder plum gouger coccotorus scutellaris
plum weevil turk plum curculio curculio
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
plum
n 1: any of several trees producing edible oval smooth-skinned
fruit with a single hard stone syn: plum tree
2: any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or
oval smooth-skinned fruit with a single pit
adv 1: exactly; "fell plumb in the middle of the puddle" syn: plumb
2: completely; used as intensifiers; "clean forgot the
appointment"; "i'm plumb or plum tuckered out" syn: clean,
plumb
see also:
plum tree plumb clean
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
116 moby thesaurus words for "plum":
mars violet, tyrian purple, accrued dividends,
accumulated dividends, ambition, amethyst, bawbee, boast, bonus,
carrot, cash dividend, catch, clematis, coup, cream, crown,
cumulative dividend, dahlia, damson, dearest wish, desideration,
desideratum, desire, diamond, dividend, dollar, extra dividend,
farthing, favors of office, find, fiver, florin, forbidden fruit,
fourpence, fourpenny, fuchsia, gem, glimmering goal, godsend,
golden vision, good thing, grape, groat, guerdon, guinea,
half crown, half dollar, halfpenny, heliotrope, hope, hyacinth,
imperial purple, interest, interim dividend, jewel, lavender,
lilac, lodestone, mag, magenta, magnet, mallow, mauve, meed, meg,
melon, mite, monkey, monsignor, mulberry, new pence, np,
optional dividend, orchid, p, pansy, pansy violet, patronage,
pearl, pence, penny, phony dividend, political patronage,
pontiff purple, pony, pork, pork barrel, pound, premium, pride,
pride and joy, prize, quid, regal purple, regular dividend,
royal purple, shilling, sixpence, solferino, special dividend,
stock dividend, temptation, tenner, threepence, threepenny bit,
thrippence, treasure, trophy, trouvaille, tuppence, twopence,
violet, windfall, wine purple, winner, wish
- [4] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
plum
a compiler for a substantial subset of pl/i for the
univac 1100, from the university of maryland.
"pl/i programming with plum", m.v. zelkowitz, paladin house,
1978.
1995-02-23
see also:
compiler pl/i univac 1100 university of maryland
- [5] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
plum, pa borough, fips 61536
location: 40.50239 n, 79.75395 w
population 1990: 25609 9289 housing units
area: 74.2 sq km land, 1.0 sq km water
zip codes: 15239
- [6] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
plum, pa -- u.s. borough in pennsylvania
population 2000: 26940
housing units 2000: 10624
land area 2000: 28.628230 sq. miles 74.146772 sq. km
water area 2000: 0.385414 sq. miles 0.998217 sq. km
total area 2000: 29.013644 sq. miles 75.144989 sq. km
fips code: 61536
located within: pennsylvania pa, fips 42
location: 40.494110 n, 79.754477 w
zip codes 1990: 15239
note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
headwords:
plum, pa
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