Definition of Plum tree

1. Noun. Any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone.


Definition of Plum tree

1. Noun. A tree that bears plums. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plum Tree

pluguglies
plugugly
plum-fruited yew
plum-yew
plum-yew family
plum blossom
plum brandy
plum pox virus
plum pudding
plum sauce
plum tom
plum tomato
plum tomatoes
plum toms
plum tree
plum trees
plum wine
pluma
plumage
plumaged
plumages
plumate
plumb
plumb-
plumb-bob
plumb bob
plumb bobs

Literary usage of Plum tree

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

1. The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically by Daniel Jay Browne (1846)
"Damask or Damascene Plum-tree; Pru- nier de damas, of the French. 5. ... St. Catharine Plum-tree. The fruit of this variety is a large, yellowish plum, ..."

2. The British Drama: A Collection of the Most Esteemed Tragedies, Comedies (1859)
"... that this tree was not only ornamental to the spot where it grew, but it was a useful tree to the owner: it was a plum- tree, and not only a plum-tree, ..."

3. The London Magazine by John Scott, John Taylor (1827)
"... this tree was not only ornamental to the spot where it grew, but it was a useful tree to the owner; it was a plum-tree, not only a plum-tree, ..."

4. American Agriculturist (1844)
"A plum-tree, trained to the east end of my house, bore for the first time in the year 1841. I watched the fruit, and, about the usual time, found his mark ..."

5. Children's Literature: A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher by Charles Madison Curry (1921)
"301 THE SUGAR-plum tree .EUGENE FIELD Have you ever heard of the Sugar-plum tree? 'Tis a marvel of great renown! It blooms on the shore of the Lollypop sea ..."

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