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Definition of Plum tree
1. Noun. Any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone.
Terms within: Plum
Group relationships: Genus Prunus, Prunus
Specialized synonyms: Wild Plum, Wild Plum Tree, Common Plum, Prunus Domestica, Bullace, Prunus Insititia, Big-tree Plum, Prunus Mexicana, Canada Plum, Prunus Nigra, Cherry Plum, Myrobalan, Myrobalan Plum, Prunus Cerasifera, Japanese Plum, Prunus Salicina, Pacific Plum, Prunus Subcordata, Sierra Plum
Generic synonyms: Fruit Tree
Definition of Plum tree
1. Noun. A tree that bears plums. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plum Tree
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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