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| plum | |
| 1. sost. prugna, susina | |
| 2. sost. susino, prugno, pruno | |
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| plum | |
| 1. subst. The edible, fleshy stone fruit of Prunus domestica, often of a dark red or purple colour. |  |
| 2. subst. The stone-fruit tree which bears this fruit, Prunus domestica. | |
| 3. subst. A dark bluish-red color/colour, the colour of some plums. | |
| (color panel, 5F4951) | |
| (color panel, web plum, CC99CC) | |
| 4. subst. A desirable thing. | |
| 5. subst. (archaic) A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant language, the sum of £100,000 sterling, or a person possessing it. | |
| 6. subst. (dated) A good or choice thing of its kind, as among appointments, positions, parts of a book, etc. | |
| The mayor rewarded his cronies with cushy plums, requiring little work for handsome pay. | |
| 7. subst. A raisin, when used in a pudding or cake. | |
| 8. subst. (pejorative) A fool, idiot. | |
| 9. subst. (slang) A testicle. | |
| 10. subst. The edible, fleshy stone fruit of several species sharing Prunus subg. Prunus with Prunus domestica including, among others: | |
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| 12. subst. # Prunus cerasifera, the cherry plum or myrobalan | |
| 13. subst. # the Chinese plum or Japanese plum | |
| 14. subst. # Prunus spinosa, the sloe | |
| 15. subst. # the bear's plum | |
| 16. subst. North American plums | |
| 17. subst. # , the American plum | |
| 18. subst. # , the Chickasaw plum or (vern, sandhill plum) | |
| 19. subst. # , the hortulan plum | |
| 20. subst. # , the Canadian plum or (vern, black plum) | |
| 21. subst. # , the creek plum or hog plum | |
| 22. subst. # Prunus subcordata, the Klamath plum or Oregon plum | |
| 23. subst. (better known as apricots) | |
| 24. subst. # Prunus mume, an Asian fruit more closely related to the apricot than the plum, usually consumed pickled, dried, or as a juice or wine; ume. | |
| 25. subst. The stone-fruit trees which bear these fruits. | |
| 26. subst. The fruits of many unrelated trees and shrubs with fruit perceived to resemble plums | |
| 27. subst. The trees and shrubs bearing those fruits | |
| 28. adj. (comparable) Of a dark bluish-red colour. | |
| 29. adj. (not comparable) Choice; especially lavish or preferred. | |
| She landed a plum position as an executive for the firm. | |
| 30. adj. Plumb | |
| 31. adv. Completely; utterly. | |
| You're going to think I'm plum crazy for this, but I want to adopt all seven kittens. | |
| 32. v. (mining) To plumb. | |
| italiano > inglese | |
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| prugna | |
| 1. subst. plum (fruit) | |
