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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]


  PLUM
       
          A compiler for a substantial subset of PL/I for the
          Univac 1100, from the University of Maryland.
       
          ["PL/I Programming with PLUM", M.V. Zelkowitz, Paladin House,
          1978].
       
          (1995-02-23)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) : [ gazetteer ]


  Plum, PA (borough, FIPS 61536)
    Location: 40.50239 N, 79.75395 W
    Population (1990): 25609 (9289 housing units)
    Area: 74.2 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 15239

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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A grape dried in the sun; a raisin.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant
        language, the sum of [pounds]100,000 sterling; also, the
        person possessing it.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Plum \Plum\, n.
     Something likened to a plum in desirableness; a good or
     choice thing of its kind, as among appointments, positions,
     parts of a book, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Plum \Plum\, n. [AS. pl[=u]me, fr. L. prunum; akin to Gr. ?, ?.
     Cf. Prune a dried plum.]
     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.
  
              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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  plum
       n 1: any of several trees producing edible oval smooth-skinned
            fruit with a single hard stone [syn: plum tree]
       2: any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or
          oval smooth-skinned fruit with a single pit
       adv 1: exactly; "fell plumb in the middle of the puddle" [syn: plumb]
       2: completely; used as intensifiers; "clean forgot the
          appointment"; "I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out" [syn: clean,
           plumb]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  plum
     Αγγλικά a.
     1 που έχει το χρώμα του δαμάσκηνου, δαμασκηνί
     2 τεφαρίκι
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 (ετ φρούτο en) το δαμάσκηνο
     2 (ετ δέντρο en) η δαμασκηνιά
     3 το δαμασκηνί

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  plum
     Middle English n.
     (alternative form of enm plomme)
     Rade n.
     land-leech

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Plum
     Plautdietsch n.
     plum

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  plum
     a.
     1 (lb en comparable) Of a dark bluish-red colour.
     2 (lb en not comparable) choice; especially lavish or preferred.
     n.
     1 ''The fruit and its tree.''
     2 # An edible, fleshy stone fruit of ''Prunus domestica'' ((vern:
  European plum)), often of a dark red or purple colour. (from 8th c.)
     3 # A stone fruit tree which bears this fruit, ''Prunus domestica''.
  (from 8th c.)
     4 # The edible, fleshy stone fruit of several species resembling the
  plum, or the tree from which they grow. (from 16th c.)
     5 ## (taxlink Prunus sect. Prunus section ver=161009)
     6 ### ''Prunus cerasifera'' (cherry plum or myrobalan)
     7 ### (taxlink Prunus salicina species ver=161009) (Chinese plum or
  Japanese plum)
     8 ### ''Prunus spinosa'' (sloe)
     9 ### (taxlink Prunus ursina species ver=161009) ((vern: bear's
  plum))
     10 ## (taxlink Prunus sect. Prunocerasus section ver=161009) North
  American plums
     11 ### (taxlink Prunus americana species ver=161009) ((vern: American
  plum))
     12 ### ''Prunus angustifolia'' ((vern: Chickasaw plum) or (vern: sand
  plum))
     13 ### (taxlink Prunus hortulana species ver=161009) ((vern: hortulan
  plum))
     14 ### (taxlink Prunus nigra species ver=161009) ((vern: Canadian
  plum) or black plum)
     15 ### (taxlink Prunus rivularis species ver=161009) (creek plum or
  hog plum)
     16 ### ''Prunus subcordata'' (Klamath plum or Oregon plum)
     17 ## (taxlink Prunus sect. Armeniaca section ver=161009) (better
  known as apricots)
     18 ### ''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.
     19 # (lb en now rare) A dried grape or raisin, as used in a pudding
  or cake. (from 17th c.)
     20 ''Extended senses.''
     21 # (lb en now rare archaic) One hundred thousand pounds; (i:
  generally) a fortune. (from 18th c.)
     22 # A desirable or choice thing of its kind; a prize selection; a
  choice appointment, assignment etc. (from 19th c.)
     23 # A dark bluish-red color/colour, the colour of some plums. (from
  19th c.)
     24 # (lb en slang usually in the plural) A testicle. (from 20th c.)
     25 # (lb en pejorative chiefly UK) A fool, an idiot.
     a.
     plumb
     adv.
     completely; utterly.
     vb.
     (lb en mining) To plumb.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Plum
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  plum
     Middle English n.
     (alternative form of enm plomme)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Plum
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  plum
     Middle English n.
     (alternative form of enm plomme)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Plum
     n.
     (surname: en).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  plum
     Englanti n.
     luumu

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  plum
     Engelska n.
     1 (tagg kat=frukter språk=en) plommon
     2 (tagg kat=träd språk=en) plommonträd

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Plum /plˈʌm/
  الأجاص

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  plum //plʌm// 
  1. сли́ва, слива
  fruit of Prunus domestica
  2. топка
  slang: testicle

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  plum /plˈʌm/
  slíva

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  plum /plˈʌm/
  švestka

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  plum /plˈʌm/
  bluma

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]


  plum /plˈʌm/ 
  eirinen