Definition of "plum"
- noun
The edible, fleshy stone fruit of Prunus domestica, often of a dark red or purple colour.
The stone-fruit tree which bears this fruit, Prunus domestica.
A dark bluish-red color/colour, the colour of some plums.
A desirable thing.
A raisin, when used in a pudding or cake.
A fool, idiot.
A testicle.
The edible, fleshy stone of 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.
The tree which bears this fruit, Prunus mume.
- adjective
Of a dark bluish-red colour.
Choice; especially lavish or preferred.
Plumb.
- adverb
Completely; utterly.
- verb
To plumb.
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