1. subst. The edible, fleshy stone fruit of Prunus domestica, often of a dark red or purple colour.
2. subst. The stone-fruit tree which bears this fruit, Prunus domestica.
3. subst. A dark bluish-red color/colour, the colour of some plums.
(color panel, 5F4951)
(color panel, web plum, CC99CC)
4. subst. A desirable thing.
5. subst. (archaic) A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant language, the sum of £100,000 sterling, or a person possessing it.
6. subst. (dated) A good or choice thing of its kind, as among appointments, positions, parts of a book, etc.
The mayor rewarded his cronies with cushy plums, requiring little work for handsome pay.
7. subst. A raisin, when used in a pudding or cake.
8. subst. (pejorative) A fool, idiot.
9. subst. (slang) A testicle.
10. subst. The edible, fleshy stone fruit of several species sharing Prunus subg. Prunus with Prunus domestica including, among others:
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12. subst. # Prunus cerasifera, the cherry plum or myrobalan
13. subst. # the Chinese plum or Japanese plum
14. subst. # Prunus spinosa, the sloe
15. subst. # the bear's plum
16. subst. North American plums
17. subst. # , the American plum
18. subst. # , the Chickasaw plum or (vern, sandhill plum)
19. subst. # , the hortulan plum
20. subst. # , the Canadian plum or (vern, black plum)
21. subst. # , the creek plum or hog plum
22. subst. # Prunus subcordata, the Klamath plum or Oregon plum
23. subst. (better known as apricots)
24. subst. # 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.
25. subst. The stone-fruit trees which bear these fruits.
26. subst. The fruits of many unrelated trees and shrubs with fruit perceived to resemble plums
27. subst. The trees and shrubs bearing those fruits
28. adj. (comparable) Of a dark bluish-red colour.
29. adj. (not comparable) Choice; especially lavish or preferred.
She landed a plum position as an executive for the firm.
30. adj. Plumb
31. adv. Completely; utterly.
You're going to think I'm plum crazy for this, but I want to adopt all seven kittens.
