plum

An edible, fleshy stone fruit of Prunus domestica (European plum), often of a dark red or purple colour.

Prunus domestica
Prunus domestica#Translingual

A stone-fruit tree which bears this fruit, Prunus domestica.

The edible, fleshy stone fruit of several species resembling the plum, or the tree from which they grow.

Prunus cerasifera (cherry plum or myrobalan)

Prunus cerasifera
Prunus cerasifera#Translingual

Prunus salicina (Chinese plum or Japanese plum)

Prunus spinosa
Prunus spinosa#Translingual

Prunus sect. Prunocerasus North American plums

Prunus angustifolia (Chickasaw plum or sand plum)

Prunus angustifolia
Prunus angustifolia#Translingual

Prunus nigra (Canadian plum or black plum)

Prunus rivularis (creek plum or hog plum)

Prunus subcordata (Klamath plum or Oregon plum)

Prunus subcordata
Prunus subcordata#Translingual

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.

“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!”

(now rare) A dried grape or raisin, as used in a pudding or cake.

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:

(now rare, archaic) One hundred thousand pounds; (generally) a fortune.

The mayor rewarded his cronies with cushy plums, requiring little work for handsome pay.

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:

A desirable or choice thing of its kind; a prize selection; a choice appointment, assignment etc.

plum:

web plum:

A dark bluish-red color/colour, the colour of some plums.

(vulgar, slang, usually in the plural) A testicle.

(derogatory, chiefly UK) A fool, an idiot.

Indian plum

esp Flacourtia indica; Osmaronia cerasiformis

→ Cornish: ploum

→ Haida: pláms

→ Manx: plumbis

→ Japanese: プラム (puramu)

→ Scottish Gaelic: plumas

→ Thai: พลัม (plam)

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


plum

(comparable) Of a dark bluish-red colour.

She landed a plum position as an executive for the firm.

It is obviously a "plum" job, one distinction being that its motormen are granted an allowance of about 6s. [six shillings] towards the cost of Wagons-Lits food in the crew quarters of the train, [...]. Additionally, by the way, each man is allowed a quarter of a bottle of wine "on the house" per trip!

1960 March, G. Freeman Allen, “Europe's most luxurious express - the "Settebello"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 146:

(not comparable) Choice; especially lavish or preferred.

en-adj

plum (comparative more plum, superlative most plum)

more plum (comparative)
most plum (superlative)


plum

You're going to think I'm plum crazy for this, but I want to adopt all seven kittens.


plum

en-verb

plum (third-person singular simple present plums, present participle plumming, simple past and past participle plummed)

plums (present singular third-person)
plumming (participle present)
plummed (participle past)
plummed (past)


plum

From Proto-Chamic *plum, from Austroasiatic.


plum

(Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) lead (metal)