26984 words

plums

5 definitions • 5 examples
1
a small, round fruit with a thin, smooth, red, purple, or yellow skin, sweet, soft flesh, and a single large, hard seed; the tree on which this fruit grows:

Examples:

Grandad planted a lot of fruit trees, including gooseberry, blackcurrant, plum, and loganberry.
2
very good and worth having:

Examples:

How did you manage to get such a plum job?
3
having a dark reddish-purple colour:

Examples:

a plum-coloured dress
4
a small, round fruit with a smooth, usually red-purple skin, sweet flesh, and a single large seed
5
something that is very good and worth having

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