plum (redirected from Plums)

plum ¹  (plm)

n.

1.

a. Any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Prunus, bearing smooth-skinned, fleshy, edible fruit with a single hard-shelled stone that encloses the seed.

b. The fruit of any of these trees.

2.

a. Any of several trees bearing plumlike fruit.

b. The fruit of such a tree.

3. A raisin, when added to a pudding or cake.

4. A sugarplum.

5. A dark purple to deep reddish purple.

6. An especially desirable position, assignment, or reward: an ambassadorship granted as a political plum.

---

[Middle English, from Old English plme, from Vulgar Latin *prna, from neuter pl. of Latin prnum.]

---

plum ²  (plm) Informal

adv.

Variant of plumb.

adj.

Variant of plumb.

---

plum¹

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a small rosaceous tree, Prunus domestica, with white flowers and an edible oval fruit that is purple, yellow, or green and contains an oval stone See also greengage, damson

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the fruit of this tree

3. (Cookery) a raisin, as used in a cake or pudding

4. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours)

a.  a dark reddish-purple colour

b.  (as adjective) a plum carpet

5. Informal

a.  something of a superior or desirable kind, such as a financial bonus

b.  (as modifier) a plum job

[Old English plūme; related to Latin prunum, German Pflaume]

plumlike  adj

---

plum²

adj & adv

a variant spelling of plumb [3-6]

---

plum

• drupe - A fleshy fruit with thin skin and a central stone (e.g. almonds, cherries, plums, olives), it comes from Latin drupa, "overripe olive," from Greek druppa, "olive."
• plum, prune - Plum and prune are ultimately the same word, coming from Greek proumnon.
• plum job - Relates to the 1600s British term "plum" for 1,000 pounds, meaning a serious amount of money.
• plum pudding - So named because it was originally made with plums—the word was retained to denote "raisin," which became the main ingredient.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	plum - any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone plum tree plum - any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit genus Prunus, Prunus - a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions wild plum, wild plum tree - an uncultivated plum tree or shrub common plum, Prunus domestica - any of various widely distributed plums grown in the cooler temperate areas bullace, Prunus insititia - small wild or half-domesticated Eurasian plum bearing small ovoid fruit in clusters big-tree plum, Prunus mexicana - small tree of southwestern United States having purplish-red fruit sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its large leaves Canada plum, Prunus nigra - small tree native to northeastern North America having oblong orange-red fruit cherry plum, myrobalan, myrobalan plum, Prunus cerasifera - small Asiatic tree bearing edible red or yellow fruit Japanese plum, Prunus salicina - small tree of China and Japan bearing large yellow to red plums usually somewhat inferior to European plums in flavor Pacific plum, Prunus subcordata, Sierra plum - shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States bearing small red insipid fruit fruit tree - tree bearing edible fruit
	2.	plum - any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh damson, damson plum - dark purple plum of the damson tree greengage, greengage plum - sweet green or greenish-yellow variety of plum beach plum - small dark purple fruit used especially in jams and pies sloe - small sour dark purple fruit of especially the Allegheny plum bush Victoria plum - a large red plum served as dessert plum, plum tree - any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone drupe, stone fruit - fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond; peach; plum; cherry; elderberry; olive; jujube
	3.	plum - a highly desirable position or assignment; "a political plum" berth, billet, post, situation, position, office, place, spot - a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"
Adv.	1.	plum - exactly; "fell plumb in the middle of the puddle" plumb colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	2.	plum - completely; used as intensifiers; "clean forgot the appointment"; "I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out" clean, plumb jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"

---

plum

adjective choice, prize, first-class Laura landed a plum job with a smart art gallery.

Translations

plum [plʌm]

A. N

1. (= fruit) → ciruela f (also plum tree) → ciruelo m
to speak with or have a plum in one's mouth (Brit) → hablar muy engoladamente

2. (= colour) → color m ciruela or (LAm) guinda

3. (fig) it's a real plum (of a) job → es un trabajo fantástico, es un chollo(Sp)

B. CPD plum pudding N → pudín m or budín m de pasas
plum tomato N → tomate m pera

---

plum [ˈplʌm]

n (= fruit) → prune f

modif [sauce] → aux prunes; [brandy, jam] → de prunes
plum jam → de la confiture de prunes plum tomato, plum tree

adj (= excellent) [role, contract] → en or
plum job → travail m en or

---

plum

n

(= fruit, tree) → Pflaume f; (= Victoria plum, dark blue) → Zwetsch(g)e f; to speak with a plum in one’s mouth (Brit fig inf) → sprechen, als hätte man eine heiße Kartoffel im Mund

(= colour) → Pflaumenblau nt

(fig inf: = good job) a real plum (of a job) → ein Bombenjob m (inf)

adj attr

(inf) job, position → Bomben- (inf), → Mords- (inf)

(colour) → pflaumenblau

---

plum:

plum pudding

n → Plumpudding m

plum tomato

n → Eiertomate f, → italienische Tomate

plum tree

n → Pflaumenbaum m; (= Victoria plum tree) → Zwetsch(g)enbaum m

---

plum [plʌm]

1. n (fruit) → prugna, susina (also plum tree) → prugno, susino
a real plum (of a job) (fig) (fam) → un lavoro favoloso

2. adj

a. (tart, tree) → di prugne; (plum-coloured) → (color) prugna inv

b. (fig) (fam) a plum role → un ruolo ambito

---

plum

n plum [plam]

a type of fruit, usually dark-red or purple, with a stone in the centre. pruim ثَمَر أو شَجَر البَرقوق слива švestka blomme die Pflaume δαμάσκηνο ciruela ploom آلو luumu prune שָׁזִיף बेर का फल šljiva, plod szilva buah plum plóma prugna プラム 서양자두 slyva plūme plum pruim plomme śliwka ameixa prună слива slivka češplja šljiva plommon ลูกพลัม erik 梅子 слива آلوچہ، آلوبخارا quả mận 梅子

plum cake/pudding

(a) cake or pudding containing raisins, currants etc. pruimpoeding كَعكَة خَوخ кекс със стафиди hrozinkový chlebíček/pudink plumkage; plumbudding der Rosinenkuchen, –pudding γλύκισμα με δαμάσκηνα pudín/budín de pasas rosinakeeks پودینگ luumukiisseli gâteau aux raisins; plum-pudding עוּגָת שְׁזִיפִים प्लम केक grožđica (mazsolás sütemény) kue kismis plómubúðingur, rúsínukaka plum-cake; (budino natalizio) プラムケーキ 건포도가 든 케이크 pyragas/pudingas su razinomis kēkss/pudiņš ar rozīnēm u.tml. puding Krismas rozijnencake fruktkake, plumpudding (rodzaj ciasta/budyniu) bolo de passas budincă cu sta­fide кекс/пудинг с изюмом koláč / puding s hrozienkami sadni kolač/puding kolač od šljiva russinkaka, plumpudding เค้กลูกพลัม üzümlü kek 葡萄乾糕餅(布丁) кекс із ізюмом ايک طرح کا کيک، حلوہ bánh ngọt nho khô 葡萄干糕饼（布丁）

---

plum → برقوق švestka blomme Pflaume δαμάσκηνο ciruela luumu prune šljiva susina プラム 서양자두 pruim plomme śliwka ameixa слива plommon ลูกพลัม erik quả mận 李子