Plum Meaning
/plʌm/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe fruit and its tree.
nounThe fruit and its tree., An edible, fleshy stone fruit of species Prunus domestica (European plum) and Prunus americana American plum, often of a dark red or purple colour.
Sentence Examples
We visited Mito Park, which is famous for its plum blossoms.
Plum blossoms come out in March.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ripe ____ had a sweet taste and a dark purple outer skin.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She picked a ripe ____ from the tree and bit into its sweet, juicy flesh.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Anatolianbor. Ancient Greek προῦμνον (proûmnon)bor. Latin prūnum Vulgar Latin *prūmabor. Proto-West Germanic *plūmā Old English plūme Middle English plomme English plum From Middle English plomme, ploume, from Old English plūme, from Proto-West Germanic *plūmā, borrowed from Latin prūnum. Doublet of prune.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"“Bright boy! here’s a plum for you,” and Polly threw a plump raisin into his mouth."
— 1870, Louisa May Alcott, An Old-Fashioned Girl:
"Little Jack Horner sat in a corner, eating a Christmas pie; he put in his thumb, and he took out a plum, and said, “What a good boy am I!”"
— 1877, Mother Gooose’s Nursery Rhymes:
"He […] acquired a plentiful fortune, tho', to his infinite regret, he died before it amounted to a Plum […]."
— 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
"Such chances as this do not fall to a man's lot twice; but Edmond Werdet relates a story very similar indeed, and where also the "plums" fell into the lap of a London dealer."
— 1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, page 52:
"As to Rev. Jerry [Falwell], he, of course, is "not anti-homosexual" but "anti-homosexuality." I guess that's his same bit of down home sophistry that explains that God listens to the prayers of Jews, if they are consciously praying to a Christian God, one of the Rev.'s latest dialectic plums."
— 1980 December 13, Ronnie Allen, “Anita's Latest”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 21, page 5:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ripe ____ had a sweet taste and a dark purple outer skin.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She picked a ripe ____ from the tree and bit into its sweet, juicy flesh.