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Synonyms for plum

Grammar : Noun
Spell : pluhm
Phonetic Transcription : plÊŒm

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Définition of plum

Origin :
  • Old English plume "plum, plum tree," from an early Germanic borrowing (cf. Middle Dutch prume, Dutch pruim, Old High German pfluma, pfruma, German Pflaume) from Vulgar Latin *pruna, from Latin prunum "plum," from Greek prounon, later form of proumnon, of unknown origin, perhaps from an Asiatic language (Phrygian?). Also cf. prune (n.). Change of pr- to pl- is peculiar to Germanic. The vowel shortened in early modern English. Meaning "something desirable" is first recorded 1780, probably in reference to the sugar-rich bits of a plum pudding, etc.
  • noun reward, prize
Example sentences :
  • Hence the apple, pear, and plum are often grafted on the white thorn.
  • Extract from : « Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia » by Various
  • Turkey was twenty-three cents a pound, but she had one, and plum puddin', too.
  • Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • This ground he cultivates and has a few apple, plum and peach trees in his yard.
  • Extract from : « The Negro Farmer » by Carl Kelsey
  • But still,—still it is so poor a thing to miss your plum because you do not dare to shake the tree!
  • Extract from : « Is He Popenjoy? » by Anthony Trollope
  • I'm plum 'shamed of the way our gals is actin' with the boarders.
  • Extract from : « Janet of the Dunes » by Harriet T. Comstock
  • The plum tree in flower is a harmonious combination of the two principles.
  • Extract from : « Chinese Painters » by Raphael Petrucci
  • And I lunched with Cardinal Manning, and he gave me such a plum pie.
  • Extract from : « Hortus Inclusus » by John Ruskin
  • We only had strawberry and raspberry and plum and grape and apple butter in Mifflin.
  • Extract from : « Mary Rose of Mifflin » by Frances R. Sterrett
  • But down at Plum Beach you can have either still water or surf.
  • Extract from : « A Campfire Girl's Test of Friendship » by Jane L. Stewart
  • In an instant Um's face was among the dew-wet leaves of the plum tree.
  • Extract from : « The Dragon Painter » by Mary McNeil Fenollosa

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