Definition of Allegheny plum

1. Noun. Wild plum of northeastern United States having dark purple fruits with yellow flesh.

Exact synonyms: Alleghany Plum, Prunus Alleghaniensis, Sloe
Terms within: Sloe
Generic synonyms: Wild Plum, Wild Plum Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Allegheny Plum

Allah
Allahabad
Allahu akbar
Allamakee
Allamanda cathartica
Allan
Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome
Allee effect
Alleghany plum
Alleghenies
Allegheny
Allegheny Mountains
Allegheny River
Allegheny chinkapin
Allegheny mountain spurge
Allegheny plum
Allegheny spurge
Allegheny vine
Allegra
Allemande Left
Allemannic
Allen
Allen's test
Allen-Masters syndrome
Allen Ginsberg
Allen Stewart Konigsberg
Allen Tate
Allen bolt

Literary usage of Allegheny plum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"allegheny plum. Fig. 1983. Tree 12-15 ft., or oftener a straggling bush, usually not thorny, the young growth reddish and glabrous: Ivs. lance-ovate to ..."

2. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William MacKinley Klein (1993)
"... Prunus alleghaniensis Porter allegheny plum Deciduous tree Rocky bluffs, shale barrens, roadsides and floodplains. Prunus americana Marshall Wild plum ..."

3. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"... Prunus alleghaniensis Porter allegheny plum Deciduous tree Rocky bluffs, shale barrens, roadsides and floodplains. Prunus americana Marshall Wild plum ..."

4. Adventure Guide to Michigan by Kevin Hillstrom (1998)
"Notable flora growing within Huron include the rare allegheny plum and Hill's thistle, as well as a variety of edible mushrooms. The most popular of these ..."

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