Phrase Hound found 267 phrases and 89 compound words that contain plum. The most common are listed below. Open plum in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 267
- cherry plumPrunus cerasifera, a deciduous ornamental Eurasian shrub or small tree, having white flowers and small red to yellow edible fruits.
- plum blossomA tree, Prunus mume, native to East Asia bearing an apricotlike fruit.
- Indian plumThe osoberry, (Oemleria cerasiformis), a shrub in the rose family, native to the Pacific coast of North America.
- plum rainsAlso occasionally in the singular form plum rain: the East Asian rainy season from early summer to midsummer in the fourth and fifth lunar months (early June to early or mid-July); also, the rain which falls during this season.
- plum puddingA pudding, cooked by boiling or steaming, containing a large amount of dried fruit.
- mirabelle plumA sweet, edible drupaceous fruit of the mirabelle prune tree, a cultivar of the plum tree of the subspecies Prunus domestica subsp. syriaca, often used in pies, wine, and brandy.
- black plumA tree or fruit derived from a tree of various species:
- plum tomatoA type of large tomato.
- hog plumAny of several species of plants that produce plum-like fruit.
- sugar-plumA round or oval sweet/piece of candy made of boiled sugar.
- Plum BookUnited States Government Policy and Supporting Positions, a publication listing presidentially appointed positions within the federal government.
- Plum IslandA place in the United States:
- plum rainSynonym of plum rains (“the East Asian rainy season from early summer to midsummer in the fourth and fifth lunar months (early June to early or mid-July); also, the rain which falls during this season”).
- plum wineA liqueur made from ume, sugar, and shochu.
- plum-colored starlingAmerican standard spelling of plum-coloured starling.
- plum-coloured starlingSynonym of violet-backed starling: Cinnyricinclus leucogaster, a relatively small species (17 cm) of starling, the male of which has an iridescent violet head and back and pure white underparts, and the female a thrush-like appearance with …
- plum pudding modelAn obsolete scientific model of the atom, devised shortly after the discovery of the electron but before the discovery of the atomic nucleus, and according to which the atom is composed of electrons surrounded by a soup of positive charge …
- mountain plumA tree of species Ximenia americana, of the tropics, that bears cherished fruits.
- Brazil plumSpondias tuberosa, a small, succulent citrus fruit native to the semiarid region of northeast Brazil.
- dried plumA prune.
- Java plumCertain fruit-bearing tropical trees:
- plum-duffA plum pudding.
- plum yewAny of the east Asian trees and shrubs in the genus Cephalotaxus.
- Kakadu plumSynonym of gubinge (“Terminalia ferdinandiana”).
- plum-coloredOf a dark bluish-red color, the color of some plums.
Compound words 89
- plummyOf, pertaining to, containing, or characteristic of plums.
- PlumleyA village and civil parish (served by Plumley with Toft and Bexton Parish Council) in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7175).
- pluotA hybrid fruit resulting from the crossbreeding of a Japanese plum and an apricot, exhibiting predominantly plumlike characteristics rather than those of the apricot.
- apriumA plum-apricot cross, with characteristics of both fruits.
- plumcakeA cake made either with dried fruit (such as grapes, currants, raisins or prunes) or with fresh fruit.
- plumcotA hybrid fruit of a plum and a apricot.
- plumlessWithout plums.
- sourplumA kind of tree found in South East Africa (Ximenia afra).
- plumlikeResembling or characteristic of a plum.
- plumritaAlternative spelling of plumarita: A margarita cocktail made with plum.