wild plum

noun

Any of wild-growing plum, especially

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wild plum treehog plum

Meanings

nounwild plum (plural wild plums)

plural wild plums

  1. Any of wild-growing plum, especially
  2. Any of wild-growing plum, especially:
    1. An American wild plum (Prunus americana), native to eastern North America.
  3. A serviceberry (Amelanchier, a genus in the Rosaceae), producing small fruits lacking a pit.
  4. A kaffir plum (Harpephyllum caffrum), an Afrotropical plum.
  5. An emu bush (Podocarpus drouynianus), a conifer native to Australia.
  6. Any member of species Terminalia platyphylla of trees native to the Kimberly of Western Australia.
  7. A peeling-bark ochna (Ochna pulchra), of Africa.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan uncultivated plum tree or shrub

Similar
wild plum tree

nounfruit of the wild plum of southern United States

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Broader
edible fruit

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Chicago

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