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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Plum \Plum\, n. [AS. pl[=u]me, fr. L. prunum; akin to Gr. ?, ?.
Cf. Prune a dried plum.]
[1913 Webster]
1. (Bot.) The edible drupaceous fruit of the Prunus
domestica, and of several other species of Prunus;
also, the tree itself, usually called plum tree.
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The bullace, the damson, and the numerous varieties
of plum, of our gardens, although growing into
thornless trees, are believed to be varieties of the
blackthorn, produced by long cultivation. --G.
Bentham.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Two or three hundred varieties of plums derived from
the Prunus domestica are described; among them the
greengage, the Orleans, the purple gage, or
Reine Claude Violette, and the German prune, are
some of the best known.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Among the true plums are;
Beach plum, the Prunus maritima, and its crimson or
purple globular drupes,
Bullace plum. See Bullace.
Chickasaw plum, the American Prunus Chicasa, and its
round red drupes.
Orleans plum, a dark reddish purple plum of medium size,
much grown in England for sale in the markets.
Wild plum of America, Prunus Americana, with red or
yellow fruit, the original of the Iowa plum and several
other varieties.
[1913 Webster] Among plants called plum, but of other
genera than Prunus, are;
Australian plum, Cargillia arborea and Cargillia
australis, of the same family with the persimmon.
Blood plum, the West African H[ae]matostaphes Barteri.
Cocoa plum, the Spanish nectarine. See under Nectarine.
Date plum. See under Date.
Gingerbread plum, the West African Parinarium
macrophyllum.
Gopher plum, the Ogeechee lime.
Gray plum, Guinea plum. See under Guinea.
Indian plum, several species of Flacourtia.
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2. A grape dried in the sun; a raisin.
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3. A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant
language, the sum of [pounds]100,000 sterling; also, the
person possessing it.
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4. Something likened to a plum in desirableness; a good or
choice thing of its kind, as among appointments,
positions, parts of a book, etc.; as, the mayor rewarded
his cronies with cushy plums, requiring little work for
handsome pay
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
5. A color resembling that of a plum; a slightly grayish deep
purple, varying somewhat in its red or blue tint.
[PJC]
Plum bird, Plum budder (Zo["o]l.), the European
bullfinch.
Plum gouger (Zo["o]l.), a weevil, or curculio ({Coccotorus
scutellaris), which destroys plums. It makes round holes
in the pulp, for the reception of its eggs. The larva
bores into the stone and eats the kernel.
Plum weevil (Zo["o]l.), an American weevil which is very
destructive to plums, nectarines, cherries, and many other
stone fruits. It lays its eggs in crescent-shaped
incisions made with its jaws. The larva lives upon the
pulp around the stone. Called also turk, and plum
curculio. See Illust. under Curculio.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Turk \Turk\, n. [Per. Turk; probably of Tartar origin: cf. F.
Turc.]
1. A member of any of numerous Tartar tribes of Central Asia,
etc.; esp., one of the dominant race in Turkey.
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2. A native or inhabitant of Turkey.
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3. A Mohammedan; esp., one living in Turkey.
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It is no good reason for a man's religion that he
was born and brought up in it; for then a Turk would
have as much reason to be a Turk as a Christian to
be a Christian. --Chillingworth.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Zo["o]l.) The plum weevil. See Curculio, and Plum
weevil, under Plum.
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Turk's cap. (Bot.)
(a) Turk's-cap lily. See under Lily.
(b) A tulip.
(c) A plant of the genus Melocactus; Turk's head. See
Melon cactus, under Melon.
Turk's head.
(a) (Naut.) A knot of turbanlike form worked on a rope
with a piece of small line. --R. H. Dana, Jr.
(b) (Bot.) See Turk's cap
(c) above.
Turk's turban (Bot.), a plant of the genus Ranunculus;
crowfoot.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Note: Two or three hundred varieties of plums derived from
the Prunus domestica are described; among them the
greengage, the Orleans, the purple gage, or
Reine Claude Violette, and the German prune, are
some of the best known.
Note: Among the true plums are;
Beach plum, the Prunus maritima, and its crimson or
purple globular drupes,
Bullace plum. See Bullace.
Chickasaw plum, the American Prunus Chicasa, and its
round red drupes.
Orleans plum, a dark reddish purple plum of medium size,
much grown in England for sale in the markets.
Wild plum of America, Prunus Americana, with red or
yellow fruit, the original of the Iowa plum and several
other varieties. Among plants called plum, but of other
genera than Prunus, are;
Australian plum, Cargillia arborea and C. australis, of
the same family with the persimmon.
Blood plum, the West African H[ae]matostaphes Barteri.
Cocoa plum, the Spanish nectarine. See under Nectarine.
Date plum. See under Date.
Gingerbread plum, the West African Parinarium
macrophyllum.
Gopher plum, the Ogeechee lime.
Gray plum, Guinea plum. See under Guinea.
Indian plum, several species of Flacourtia.
2. A grape dried in the sun; a raisin.
3. A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant
language, the sum of [pounds]100,000 sterling; also, the
person possessing it.
Plum bird, Plum budder (Zo["o]l.), the European
bullfinch.
Plum gouger (Zo["o]l.), a weevil, or curculio ({Coccotorus
scutellaris), which destroys plums. It makes round holes
in the pulp, for the reception of its eggs. The larva
bores into the stone and eats the kernel.
Plum weevil (Zo["o]l.), an American weevil which is very
destructive to plums, nectarines cherries, and many other
stone fruits. It lays its eggs in crescent-shaped
incisions made with its jaws. The larva lives upon the
pulp around the stone. Called also turk, and plum
curculio. See Illust. under Curculio.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Turk \Turk\, n. [Per. Turk; probably of Tartar origin: cf. F.
Turc.]
1. A member of any of numerous Tartar tribes of Central Asia,
etc.; esp., one of the dominant race in Turkey.
2. A native or inhabitant of Turkey.
3. A Mohammedan; esp., one living in Turkey.
It is no good reason for a man's religion that he
was born and brought up in it; for then a Turk would
have as much reason to be a Turk as a Christian to
be a Christian. --Chillingworth.
4. (Zo["o]l.) The plum weevil. See Curculio, and Plum
weevil, under Plum.
Turk's cap. (Bot.)
(a) Turk's-cap lily. See under Lily.
(b) A tulip.
(c) A plant of the genus Melocactus; Turk's head. See
Melon cactus, under Melon.
Turk's head.
(a) (Naut.) A knot of turbanlike form worked on a rope
with a piece of small line. --R. H. Dana, Jr.
(b) (Bot.) See Turk's cap
(c) above.
Turk's turban (Bot.), a plant of the genus Ranunculus;
crowfoot.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
Turk
n : a native or inhabitant of Turkey
From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
Turk
Ολλανδικά n.
Τούρκος
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
turk
Norwegian Nynorsk vb.
(inflection of nn turke imp)
Swedish n.
1 c a Turk; person from Turkey
2 c a Turkish bath
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
Turk
Dutch n.
a Turkish person, a (l en Turk)
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
Turk.
n.
(lb en legal) (abbreviation of en Turkey)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
Turk
a.
1 (synonym of en Turkic)
2 (synonym of en Turkish)
n.
1 A speaker of the various Turkic languages.
2 A person from Turkey or of Turkish ethnic descent. (century: 12)
3 (lb en obsolete) A Muslim. (century 16 18)
4 a Christian horse-archer in Crusader army (Turcopole).
5 (lb en archaic) A bloodthirsty and savage person; vandal;
barbarian.<ref>(R:OED2)</ref> (from 16th c.)
n.
(surname: en).
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
Turk.
n.
(lb en legal) (abbreviation of en Turkey)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
turk
Norwegian Nynorsk vb.
(inflection of nn turke imp)
Swedish n.
1 c a Turk; person from Turkey
2 c a Turkish bath
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
Turk
Dutch n.
a Turkish person, a (l en Turk)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
Turk.
n.
(lb en legal) (abbreviation of en Turkey)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
turk
Swedish n.
1 c a Turk; person from Turkey
2 c a Turkish bath
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
Turk
Dutch n.
a Turkish person, a (l en Turk)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
Turk.
n.
(lb en legal) (abbreviation of en Turkey)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
turk
Ruotsi n.
turkkilainen (+luokka sv kansa)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
Turk
Hollanti n.
turkkilainen (+luokka nl kansa)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
turk
n.
1 (tagg: nationaliteter) person från Turkiet
2 (tagg skämtsamt slang text=i sammansättningar) någon eller
någonting utländskt, av eller rörande icke-nordeuropeisk etnicitet och
kultur
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
Turk
Nederländska n.
(tagg kat=nationaliteter språk=nl) turk
From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]
turk
n.
1 (tagg: nationaliteter) person från Turkiet
2 (tagg skämtsamt slang text=i sammansättningar) någon eller
någonting utländskt, av eller rörande icke-nordeuropeisk etnicitet och
kultur
From Afrikaans-German FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 : [ freedict:afr-deu ]
Turk /tˈœrk/
Türke
From Afrikaans-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:afr-eng ]
Turk /tˈœrk/
Turk
From Breton-French FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.8.3 : [ freedict:bre-fra ]
turk
turc adj.
From Breton-French FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.8.3 : [ freedict:bre-fra ]
Turk (Turked)
Turc
From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]
Turk /tˈɜːk/
Turk
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Turk /tˈɜːk/
التركي
From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
Turk //tɜːk// //tɝk//
ту́рчин, турки́ня
a person from Turkey
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
Turk /tˈɜːk/
Türke , Türkin [soc.]
Synonyms: Turkish man, Turkish woman
see: Turks, Turkish men, Turkish women
From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
Turk //tɜːk// //tɝk//
1. turkkilainen
a person from Turkey
2. turkinsukuinen
a speaker of the various Turkic languages
3. barbaari, raakalainen
bloodthirsty and savage person
From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 : [ freedict:eng-fra ]
Turk /təːk/
Turc
From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]
turk /tˈɜːk/
Turkinja, Turčin, muhamedanac
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
turk /tˈɜːk/
1. türk
2. török
3. zsarnok
From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-ind ]
Turk //tɜːk// //tɝk//
orang turki
a person from Turkey
From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 : [ freedict:eng-ita ]
Turk /tˈɜːk/
turco
From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]
Turk //tɜːk// //tɝk//
トルコ人
a person from Turkey
From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]
Turk /tɜ:k/
Turek
From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-por ]
Turk /təːk/
turco
From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 : [ freedict:eng-spa ]
Turk /təːk/
turco
From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
Turk //tɜːk// //tɝk//
turk, turkiska
a person from Turkey
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
turk /tˈɜːk/
1. Türk. Turk'ism Türkçülük
2. Türklere özgü deyiş veya adet.
From Nederlands-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:nld-bul ]
Turk //tʏrk//
турчин
1. Inwoner van Turkije
From Dutch-German FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:nld-deu ]
Turk /tɵrk/
Türke
From Nederlands-ελληνικά FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:nld-ell ]
Turk //tʏrk//
Τούρκος
1. Inwoner van Turkije
From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:nld-eng ]
Turk /tɵrk/
Turk
From Nederlands-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:nld-fin ]
Turk //tʏrk//
turkkilainen
1. Inwoner van Turkije
From Nederlands-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:nld-fra ]
Turk /tɵrk/
Turc
From Nederlands-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2022.04.06 : [ freedict:nld-ind ]
Turk //tʏrk//
orang turki
1. Inwoner van Turkije
From Nederlands-italiano FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2018.09.13 : [ freedict:nld-ita ]
Turk //tʏrk//
[1. Inwoner van Turkije] turco
From Nederlands-lietuvių kalba FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2020.10.04 : [ freedict:nld-lit ]
Turk //tʏrk//
turkas
1. Inwoner van Turkije
From Nederlands-język polski FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:nld-pol ]
Turk //tʏrk//
Turek
1. Inwoner van Turkije
From Nederlands-português FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:nld-por ]
Turk //tʏrk//
turco
1. Inwoner van Turkije
From Nederlands-Русский FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:nld-rus ]
Turk //tʏrk//
турок
1. Inwoner van Turkije
From Nederlands-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:nld-spa ]
Turk //tʏrk//
turco
1. Inwoner van Turkije
From Nederlands-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:nld-swe ]
Turk //tʏrk//
turk
1. Inwoner van Turkije
From Norwegian Nynorsk-Norwegian Bokmål FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:nno-nob ]
Turk
Turk
From Svenska-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:swe-bul ]
turk /tˈɵrk/
ту́рчин
From Svenska-Deutsch FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:swe-deu ]
turk /tˈɵrk/
Türke, Türkin
From Svenska-ελληνικά FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:swe-ell ]
turk /tˈɵrk/
Τούρκος
From Swedish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:swe-eng ]
turk /tˈʉrɪst/
Turk
From Svenska-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:swe-fin ]
turk /tˈɵrk/
turkkilainen
From Svenska-français FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:swe-fra ]
turk /tˈɵrk/
Turc, Turque
From Svenska-italiano FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:swe-ita ]
turk /tˈɵrk/
turco, turca
From Svenska-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:swe-jpn ]
turk /tˈɵrk/
トルコ人
From Svenska-Nederlands FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:swe-nld ]
turk /tˈɵrk/
turk, Turk
From Svenska-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:swe-nor ]
turk /tˈɵrk/
tyrker
From Svenska-Русский FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:swe-rus ]
turk /tˈɵrk/
турок, турчанка
From Svenska-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:swe-spa ]
turk /tˈɵrk/
turco, turca
From Svenska-Türkçe FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:swe-tur ]
turk /tˈɵrk/
Türk
From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
/ˈtɝk/
From IPA:sv : [ IPA:sv ]
/tɵrːk/
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
n. 土耳其人,土耳其马;
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
n.土耳其人
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
Turk
n. 土耳其人,土耳其马
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