Definition of PLUM

plum

Meanings

Plural: plums

Noun

  • any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone
  • any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit
  • a highly desirable position or assignment
    • "a political plum"
  • The fruit and its tree.
  • An edible, fleshy stone fruit of Prunus domestica (European plum), often of a dark red or purple colour.
  • The fruit and its tree.
  • A stone-fruit tree which bears this fruit, Prunus domestica.
  • The fruit and its tree.
  • The edible, fleshy stone fruit of several species resembling the plum, or the tree from which they grow.
  • Prunus sect. Prunus
  • Prunus cerasifera (cherry plum or myrobalan)
  • The fruit and its tree.
  • The edible, fleshy stone fruit of several species resembling the plum, or the tree from which they grow.
  • Prunus sect. Prunus
  • Prunus salicina (Chinese plum or Japanese plum)
  • The fruit and its tree.
  • The edible, fleshy stone fruit of several species resembling the plum, or the tree from which they grow.
  • Prunus sect. Prunus
  • Prunus spinosa (sloe)
  • The fruit and its tree.
  • The edible, fleshy stone fruit of several species resembling the plum, or the tree from which they grow.
  • Prunus sect. Prunus
  • Prunus ursina (bear's plum)
  • The fruit and its tree.
  • The edible, fleshy stone fruit of several species resembling the plum, or the tree from which they grow.
  • Prunus sect. Prunocerasus North American plums
  • Prunus americana (American plum)
  • The fruit and its tree.
  • The edible, fleshy stone fruit of several species resembling the plum, or the tree from which they grow.
  • Prunus sect. Prunocerasus North American plums
  • Prunus angustifolia (Chickasaw plum or sand plum)
  • The fruit and its tree.
  • The edible, fleshy stone fruit of several species resembling the plum, or the tree from which they grow.
  • Prunus sect. Prunocerasus North American plums
  • Prunus hortulana (hortulan plum)
  • The fruit and its tree.
  • The edible, fleshy stone fruit of several species resembling the plum, or the tree from which they grow.
  • Prunus sect. Prunocerasus North American plums
  • Prunus nigra (Canadian plum or black plum)
  • The fruit and its tree.
  • The edible, fleshy stone fruit of several species resembling the plum, or the tree from which they grow.
  • Prunus sect. Prunocerasus North American plums
  • Prunus rivularis (creek plum or hog plum)
  • The fruit and its tree.
  • The edible, fleshy stone fruit of several species resembling the plum, or the tree from which they grow.
  • Prunus sect. Prunocerasus North American plums
  • Prunus subcordata (Klamath plum or Oregon plum)
  • The fruit and its tree.
  • The edible, fleshy stone fruit of several species resembling the plum, or the tree from which they grow.
  • Prunus sect. Armeniaca (better known as apricots)
  • The fruit and its tree.
  • The edible, fleshy stone fruit of several species resembling the plum, or the tree from which they grow.
  • Prunus sect. Armeniaca (better known as apricots)
  • 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 fruit and its tree.
  • A dried grape or raisin, as used in a pudding or cake.
  • Extended senses.
  • One hundred thousand pounds; (generally) a fortune.
  • Extended senses.
  • A desirable or choice thing of its kind; a prize selection; a choice appointment, assignment etc.
  • Extended senses.
  • A dark bluish-red color/colour, the colour of some plums.
  • Extended senses.
  • A testicle.
  • Extended senses.
  • A fool, an idiot.

Adverb

  • exactly
    • "fell plumb in the middle of the puddle"
  • completely; used as intensifiers
    • "I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out"

Adj

  • Of a dark bluish-red colour.
  • Choice; especially lavish or preferred.
  • Plumb

Adv

  • Completely; utterly.

Verb

  • To plumb.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English plomme, ploume, from Old English plūme, from Proto-West Germanic *plūmā, borrowed from Latin prūnum. Doublet of prune.

Synonyms

clean, plum tree, plum-colored, plumb, plumtree, ume

Scrabble Score: 8

plum is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
plum is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
plum is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

plum is a valid Words With Friends word