noun / adjective
plum
PLUM/plʌm/
A small sweet stone fruit with smooth skin.
A whole purple plum sits beside two halves showing golden flesh.
Etymology
Latin prunum already named the fruit. It also underlies prune, so the names for the fresh fruit and its dried form share an ancestor.
In context
some apple and a really nice plum it's a good combination here with peanut butter it's kind of like eating peanut butter and jelly actually not much different only the fruit is a lot better for you than jelly
More examples
- She bites into a ripe plum, and juice drips down her chin.
- Remove the pits from the plums before making jam.
- We add sliced plums to our morning yogurt.
Forms
plum · plums
Similar words
- prune
- A dried plum, rather than the fresh, juicy fruit.