Plum
WordNet
adverb
(1) Completely; used as intensifiers
"Clean forgot the appointment"
"I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out"
(2) Exactly
"Fell plumb in the middle of the puddle"
noun
(3) A highly desirable position or assignment
"A political plum"
(4) Any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit
(5) Any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone
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Etymology
From , from . Cognate with German , Dutch . Compare
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. See plum blossom.
Adjective
- Of a dark bluish-red colour.
- Choice; especially lavish or preferred.
- She landed a plum position as an executive for the firm.
Adverb
- Completely; utterly.
- You're going to think I'm plum crazy for this, but I want to adopt all seven kittens.
See also
- myrobalan
- prune
- sloe
- umeboshi
- umesu
- Appendix:Colours