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plum

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1. plum - Noun

2. plum - Adjective

3. plum - Verb

4. plum - Adverb

5. Plum - Proper noun

Meaning

The edible drupaceous fruit of the Prunus domestica, and of several other species of Prunus; also, the tree itself, usually called plum tree.

A grape dried in the sun; a raisin.

A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant language, the sum of £100,000 sterling; also, the person possessing it.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Sometimes, as is the case of peach and plum trees, which are often dwarfed, the plants are thrown into a flowering states, and then, as they flower freely year after year, they have little inclination to make vigorous growth. Robert Fortune

What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree? Logan Pearsall Smith

Yeah, there was the Flora Plum thing, where I trained for about a month and I had taken a semester off for that, and two weeks prior to filming, the financing collapsed. Claire Danes

A cherry year, a merry year; a plum year, a dumb year. Cameroon Proverb

A black plum is as sweet as a white. English Proverb

The edge of the sword comes from sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossom comes from the bitter cold. Chinese Proverb

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