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Look up: Plum


  1. Plum
    (Prunus) Prunus is the botanical name for a large group of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs. These popular plants are greatly valued for their delicious, edible fruits, gorgeous spring blossoms and some, for their colorful foliage; some varieties are grown for decoration alone, since all do ...
    Found op http://www.botany.com/prunus.html

  2. plum
    [n] - any of several trees producing edible oval smooth-skinned fruit with a single hard stone 2. [n] - any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval smooth-skinned fruit with a single pit
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=plum

  3. plum
    Hard, heavy, yellow to brown fruitwood used for the turned work on 16th and 17thC country furniture and inlaid decoration.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  4. Plum
    Plum noun [ Anglo-Saxon plūme , from Latin prunum ; akin to Greek ..., .... Confer Prune a dried plum.] 1. (Botany) The edible drupaceous fruit of the Prunus domestica , and of several other species of
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/110

  5. Plum
    Plum noun Something likened to a plum in desirableness; a good or choice thing of its kind, as among appointments, positions, parts of a book, etc.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/110

  6. plum
    A knot; a cluster; a group; a crowd; a flock; as, a plump of trees, fowls, or spears. 'To visit islands and the plumps of men.' (Chapman) ... 1. <botany> The edible drupaceous fruit of the Prunus domestica, and of several other species of Prunus; also, the tree itself, usually called plum tree...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?plum

  7. plum
    noun a highly desirable position or assignment; `a political plum`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=plum

  8. plum
    noun any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit
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  9. plum
    plum tree noun any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone
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  10. Plum
    • (n.) Something likened to a plum in desirableness; a good or choice thing of its kind, as among appointments, positions, parts of a book, etc. • (n.) A grape dried in the sun; a raisin. • (n.) A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant language, the sum of
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/plum/

  11. plum
    fruit of the genus Prunus of the rose family (Rosaceae). Like the peach and cherry, it is a stone, or drupe, fruit. Trees of some plum species reach ... [2 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/81

  12. Plum
    A plum or gage is a stone fruit tree in the genus Prunus, subgenus Prunus. The subgenus is distinguished from other subgenera (peaches, cherries, bird cherries, etc.) in the shoots having a terminal bud and solitary side buds (not clustered), the flowers in groups of one to five together on short s...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plum



  1. Plum
    There are hundreds of varieties of this edible fruit. Colors include blue, green, purple, red, and yellow. The flesh is thick and juicy and the flavor ranges from sweet to tart. Plums are eaten out-of-hand and used in sauces and desserts.
    Found op http://www.nutribase.com/fruits.shtml

  2. plum
    plum, common name for a tree of any of many species of the genus Prunus of the family Rosaceae (rose family) and for its fruit, a drupe. The plum is generally cultivated in the temperate zones, though among the numerous varieties and hybrids are types suitable for many soils and sites. Of the plum's...
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0839392.html

  3. Plum
    Plum, borough (1990 pop. 25,609), Allegheny co., SW Pa. on the Allegheny River, in a bituminous coal area; founded 1788, inc. 1956. It is a residential suburb of Pittsburgh. Apples and nursery stock are grown and there is dairying.
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/us/A0839391.html

  4. Plum
    Plum is British slang for a fool.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/ZP.HTM

  5. Plum
    Plum is British slang for a fool.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/ZP.HTM

  6. Plum
    The plum is a genus of hardy trees bearing the fruit of the same name.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/BPA.HTM

  7. plum
    Smooth-skinned, oval, reddish-purple or green edible fruit of the plum tree. There are many varieties, including the Victoria, czar, egg-plum, greengage, and damson; the wild sloe (P. spinosa), which is the fruit of the blackthorn, is closely related. Dried plums are known as prunes. (Genus
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0019914.html

  8. Plum
    There are hundreds of varieties of this edible fruit. Colors include blue, green, purple, red, and yellow. The flesh is thick and juicy and the flavor ranges from sweet to tart. Plums are eaten out-of-hand and used in sauces and desserts.
    Found op http://www.nutribase.com/fruits.shtml

  9. Plum
    A plum is a stone fruit tree in the genus Prunes and subgenus Prunes. The subgenus is distinguished from few other subgenera (peaches, cherries, bird cherries, etc) in the shoots having a terminal bud and the side buds solitary (not clustered), the flowers being grouped 1-4 together on short stems, ...
    Found op http://www.fruitsinfo.com/glossary-p.htm

  10. 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)
    Found op http://foldoc.org/PLUM

  11. Plum
    A plum is a stone fruit tree in the genus Prunes and subgenus Prunes. The subgenus is distinguished from few other subgenera (peaches, cherries, bird cherries, etc) in the shoots having a terminal bud and the side buds solitary (not clustered), the flowers being grouped 1-4 together on short stems, ...
    Found op http://www.fruitsinfo.com/glossary-p.htm

  12. Plum
    [disambiguation] Plum refers to both a type of tree, and the fruit stemming from that tree. Plum may also refer to: ==Places== ==People== ===Fictional characters=== ==Other uses== ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plum_(disambiguation)

  13. Plum
    [color] Displayed at right is the color plum. The deeper color shown at right (color #8E4585) is the color traditionally regarded as plum because it is a close representation of the average color of the plum fruit. The first recorded use of plum as a color name in English was in 1805. ==Vari...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plum_(color)

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