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Definition of Beach plum

Beach plum
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.

Meaning of Beach plum from wikipedia

- Prunus maritima, the beach plum, is a species of plum native to the East Coast of the United States. It is a choice wild edible and its few pests and salt...
- approximately 11 miles (18 km) in length. The island is named for the wild beach plum shrubs that grow on its dunes, but is also famous for the purple sands...
- grandfather purchased in the 1950s or in 1961. He was the executive chef at the Beach Plum Inn & Restaurant for several years and was awarded the 2014 StarChefs...
- Chinese plum Damsons (European plum) Prune plums (European plum) Victoria plums (European plum) Greengages (European plum) Mirabelles (European plum) Myrobalan...
- Plum Beach Light (Lighthouse), built in 1899, is a sparkplug lighthouse in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. The lighthouse was built using pneumatic caisson...
- Plumb Beach (sometimes spelled "Plum") is a beach and surrounding neighborhood along the north s**** of Rockaway Inlet, in the New York City borough of...
- was named from the beach plums that grow along the s****s, and an old Dutch map made about 1640 shows the name "Pruym Eyelant" (Plum Island). In 1659,...
- doi:10.1007/s11295-012-0480-0. hdl:10261/292721. Whitlow, Dr. Thomas. "Beach Plum". Cornell. Retrieved 13 August 2015. "Edible Berries of the Pacific Northwest"...
- 1894. Brighton Beach Coney Island Gerritsen Beach Gravesend Homecrest Madison Midwood Manhattan Beach Plum Beach Seagate Sheepshead Bay Annexed to Brooklyn...
- plum P. hortulana – Hortulan plum P. huantensis P. ilicifolia – hollyleaf cherry P. integrifolia P. maritima – beach plum P. mexicana – Mexican plum P...