Definition of Plums. Meaning of Plums. Synonyms of Plums

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Definition of Plums

Plum
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.
Plum
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.

Meaning of Plums from wikipedia

- in the United States they may be labeled as 'dried plums', especially during the 21st century. Plums are likely to have been one of the first fruits domesticated...
- Sugar plums are a type of dragée or other hard candy made into small round or oval shapes. The "plum" in the name of these confections does not always...
- Look up plummer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Plummer may refer to: Plummer, Idaho, United States Plummer, Indiana, United States Plummer, Minnesota...
- sweet and savory dishes. Contrary to the name, boiled plums or prunes are not used to make sugar plums, which instead may be nuts, seeds, or ****es coated...
- downy pedicels. The fruit is a freestone drupe. It is less round than other plums, its ends are more pointed and the groove is less pronounced. The freestone...
- word for "plum", but in English the name "prune" is applied to dried plums. This color is a representation of the color of cooked dried plums (prunes)...
- juice is commonly fermented for wine or distilled into plum brandy. Some 90% of mirabelle plums grown commercially are made into either jam (70%) or eau...
- is often translated into English as 'salted ****anese plums', '****anese plums' or 'preserved plums'. Ume (Prunus mume) is a species of fruit-bearing tree...
- Chicken with Plums (French: Poulet aux prunes) is a 2004 graphic novel by Iranian author Marjane Satrapi. N****er Ali Khan, a relative of Satrapi's and...
- Unripe plums are picked in early summer, smoked, and dried at 40 °C (104 °F). In China, smoked plums are used to make suānméitāng, a sour plum drink.[citation...