PLUM
Dictionary entry overview: What does plum mean?
• PLUM (noun)
The noun PLUM has 3 senses:
1. any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone
2. any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit
3. a highly desirable position or assignment
Familiarity information: PLUM used as a noun is uncommon.
• PLUM (adverb)
The adverb PLUM has 2 senses:
1. exactly
2. completely; used as intensifiers
Familiarity information: PLUM used as an adverb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PLUM (noun)
Meaning:
Any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
plum; plum tree
Hypernyms ("plum" is a kind of...):
fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)
Meronyms (parts of "plum"):
plum (any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plum"):
Japanese plum; Prunus salicina (small tree of China and Japan bearing large yellow to red plums usually somewhat inferior to European plums in flavor)
cherry plum; myrobalan; myrobalan plum; Prunus cerasifera (small Asiatic tree bearing edible red or yellow fruit; used in Europe as budding stock)
Canada plum; Prunus nigra (small tree native to northeastern North America having oblong orange-red fruit)
big-tree plum; Prunus mexicana (small tree of southwestern United States having purplish-red fruit sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its large leaves)
bullace; Prunus insititia (small wild or half-domesticated Eurasian plum bearing small ovoid fruit in clusters)
common plum; Prunus domestica (any of various widely distributed plums grown in the cooler temperate areas)
wild plum; wild plum tree (an uncultivated plum tree or shrub)
Pacific plum; Prunus subcordata; Sierra plum (shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States bearing small red insipid fruit)
Holonyms ("plum" is a member of...):
genus Prunus; Prunus (a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions)
Meaning:
Any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("plum" is a kind of...):
edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)
drupe; stone fruit (fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond; peach; plum; cherry; elderberry; olive; jujube)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plum"):
damson; damson plum (sweet dark purple plum)
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)
Holonyms ("plum" is a part of...):
plum; plum tree (any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone)
Meaning:
A highly desirable position or assignment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
a political plum
Hypernyms ("plum" is a kind of...):
berth; billet; office; place; position; post; situation; spot (a job in an organization)
• PLUM (adverb)
Meaning:
Exactly
Synonyms:
plum; plumb
Context example:
fell plumb in the middle of the puddle
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Meaning:
Completely; used as intensifiers
Synonyms:
clean; plumb; plum
Context examples:
clean forgot the appointment / I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out
Domain usage:
argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))
