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Definition of Allegheny plum
1. Noun. Wild plum of northeastern United States having dark purple fruits with yellow flesh.
Terms within: Sloe
Generic synonyms: Wild Plum, Wild Plum Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Allegheny Plum
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 ..."