Definition of Plumcot

1. Noun. Hybrid produced by crossing Prunus domestica and Prunus armeniaca.

Exact synonyms: Plumcot Tree
Group relationships: Genus Prunus, Prunus
Generic synonyms: Fruit Tree

2. Noun. Hybrid between plum and apricot.
Generic synonyms: Edible Fruit
Group relationships: Plumcot Tree

Definition of Plumcot

1. n. A cross between the plum and apricot.

Definition of Plumcot

1. Noun. A hybrid fruit of plum and apricot. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Plumcot

1. a hybrid of plum and apricot [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plumcot

plumbojarosite
plumbomicrolite
plumbonacrite
plumbopalladinite
plumbopyrochlore
plumbotellurite
plumbotsumite
plumbous
plumbs
plumbum
plumbums
plumbylene
plumbylenes
plumbylidene
plumbylidenes
plumcot (current term)
plumcot tree
plumcots
plume moth
plume poppy
plume thistle
plumed
plumed scorpionfish
plumed thistle
plumed thistles
plumed tussock
plumeless

Literary usage of Plumcot

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

1. Experiments with plants by Winthrop John Van Leuven Osterhout (1905)
"... cross is between the Plum and the Apricot, which Mr. Burbank succeeded in making, after making many trials, and which he has called the plumcot (Fig. ..."

2. How Plants are Trained to Work for Man by Luther Burbank (1921)
"... This is the plumcot named "The Bearer" At first view, the fruit gives the impression of a Japanese- American hybrid plum, but the short, thick wood, ..."

3. Stories of Luther Burbank and His Plant School by Effie Young Slusser, Mary Belle Williams, Emma Burbank Beeson (1920)
"CHAPTER XXXIII THE plumcot Standing at the head of the class of distinctively ... As a result of this perseverance plumcot ranks first in the class of new ..."

4. Luther Burbank: His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical Application by Luther Burbank, John Whitson, Robert John, Henry Smith Williams, Luther Burbank Society (1914)
"... 281 Intermediate Form of plumcot 283 Plum-Like ... 285 The Abundance plumcot 287 A Superior ... Seedling Cluster 297 The plumcot Called the Burbank 301 ..."

5. Luther Burbank: His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical Application by Luther Burbank, John Whitson, Robert John, Henry Smith Williams, Luther Burbank Society (1914)
"... 281 Intermediate Form of plumcot 283 Plum-Like ... 285 The Abundance plumcot 287 A Superior ... Seedling Cluster 297 The plumcot Called the Burbank 301 ..."

6. The Boston Cooking School Magazine of Culinary Science and Domestic Economics by Boston Cooking School (Boston, Mass.) (1905)
"To-day, in America, it is a scientific and nature-loving son of Massachusetts, living and working in California, who bestows on us the plumcot. ..."

7. Evolution and Animal Life: An Elementary Discussion of Facts, Processes by David Starr Jordan, Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1907)
"Four types of plumcot: colors, red and yellow of various shades. ... esting plumcot by hybridizing the Japanese plum and the apricot. ..."

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