pear plum

noun

Any of several varieties of plum trees that produce pearshaped or oblong fruit, primarily cultivated for use as rootstock.

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Meanings

nounpear plum (plural pear plums)

plural pear plums

  1. Any of several varieties of plum trees that produce pearshaped or oblong fruit, primarily cultivated for use as rootstock.

    Plums are propagated chiefly by budding on stocks of the Mussel, Brussels, St Julien, and Pear plums.

    1880, The Encyclopaedia Britannica, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature · Volume 12, page 275
  2. The fruit borne by these trees.
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