plum tree

plum tree
noun
any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone
Syn: ↑plum
Hypernyms: ↑fruit tree
Hyponyms:
Member Holonyms: ↑Prunus, ↑genus Prunus
Part Meronyms: ↑plum

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noun
Etymology: Middle English plumtre, from Old English plūmtrēow, from plūme plum + trēow tree
1. : plum 1a
2. slang : a source of advantage (as political favors or appointments)

never one to hesitate before shaking the plum tree for himself or his intimates


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