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DAMSON PLUM

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dark purple plum of the damson tree

Synonyms:

damson; damson plum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("damson plum" is a kind of...):

plum (any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit)

Holonyms ("damson plum" is a part of...):

damson plum; damson plum tree; Prunus domestica insititia (plum tree long cultivated for its edible fruit)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Plum tree long cultivated for its edible fruit

Synonyms:

damson plum; damson plum tree; Prunus domestica insititia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("damson plum" is a kind of...):

bullace; Prunus insititia (small wild or half-domesticated Eurasian plum bearing small ovoid fruit in clusters)

Meronyms (parts of "damson plum"):

damson; damson plum (dark purple plum of the damson tree)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Tropical American timber tree with dark hard heavy wood and small plumlike purple fruit

Synonyms:

caimitillo; Chrysophyllum oliviforme; damson plum; satin leaf; satinleaf

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("damson plum" is a kind of...):

angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

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