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WILD PLUM

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fruit of the wild plum of southern United States

Synonyms:

hog plum; wild plum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)

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

chickasaw plum; hog plum; hog plum bush; Prunus angustifolia (small native American shrubby tree bearing small edible yellow to reddish fruit)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An uncultivated plum tree or shrub

Synonyms:

wild plum; wild plum tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

plum; plum tree (any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wild plum"):

Alleghany plum; Allegheny plum; Prunus alleghaniensis; sloe (wild plum of northeastern United States having dark purple fruits with yellow flesh)

American red plum; August plum; goose plum; Prunus americana (wild plum trees of eastern and central North America having red-orange fruit with yellow flesh)

chickasaw plum; hog plum; hog plum bush; Prunus angustifolia (small native American shrubby tree bearing small edible yellow to reddish fruit)

beach plum; beach plum bush; Prunus maritima (seacoast shrub of northeastern North America having showy white blossoms and edible purple fruit)

evergreen cherry; holly-leaf cherry; holly-leaved cherry; islay; Prunus ilicifolia (California evergreen wild plum with spiny leathery leaves and white flowers)

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