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plum

Smooth-skinned, oval, reddish-purple or green edible fruit of the plum tree. There are many varieties, including the Victoria, czar, egg-plum, greengage, and damson; the wild sloe (P. spinosa), which is the fruit of the blackthorn, is closely related. Dried plums are known as prunes. (Genus Prunus domestica, family Rosaceae.)

Plum

Borough of Allegheny County, southwestern Pennsylvania, USA, on the Allegheny River, 19 km/12 mi northeast of Pittsburgh; population (1990) 25,600. It is primarily residential, with some light industry.



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The emphasis was helped by the speaker's hair, which bristled on the skirts of his bald head, a plantation of firs to keep the wind from its shining surface, all covered with knobs, like the crust of a plum pie, as if the head had scarcely warehouse-room for the hard facts stored inside.
Hard Times by Dickens, Charles View in context
The prince had spread out near him his purchases, carved boxes, and knick-knacks, paper-knives of all sorts, of which he bought a heap at every watering-place, and bestowed them upon everyone, including Lieschen, the servant girl, and the landlord, with whom he jested in his comically bad German, assuring him that it was not the water had cured Kitty, but his splendid cookery, especially his plum soup.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
He bought a large plum cake so that his entertainment should cost nothing.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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