red plum

red plum
noun
1. : a red-fruited plum; specifically : either of two American wild plums (Prunus americana and P. nigra)
2. : a variable color averaging a dark purplish red that is bluer and duller than pansy purple or raisin, bluer and paler than Bokhara or dahlia purple (sense 1), and bluer and less strong than redgrape

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