- plum´like´
- plum1 «pluhm», noun, adjective.–n.1. a round, juicy fruit with a smooth skin and a stone or pit. Plums are purple, blue, red, green, or yellow.2. the tree that it grows on. The plum is a member of the rose family and is closely related to the cherry.3. a) any one of several unrelated trees bearing a similar edible fruit. b) the fruit itself.4. a raisin or currant in a pudding or cake, especially in a plum pudding.5. = sugarplum. (Cf. ↑sugarplum)6. Figurative. something very good or desirable: »
The new job is a fine plum for him.
SYNONYM(S): prize.7. a dark purple varying from bluish to reddish.8. British Slang. a) the sum of £100,000: »a stockbroker in the city, who died worth a plum (Frederick Marryat).
b) a person who has £100,000.–adj.1. made of raisins: »A plum cake has raisins in it.
2. dark bluish- or reddish-purple.╂[Old English plūme, ultimately < Vulgar Latin prūna < Latin prūnum < Greek proûnon, variant of proûmnon. See etym. of doublet prune. (Cf. ↑prune)]–plum´like´, adjective.plum2 «pluhm», adjective, adverb.= plumb. (Cf. ↑plumb)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.