Plum
/plʌm/noun
A type of fruit that is round and has a smooth, dark red or purple skin, sweet flesh, and a single hard seed in the middle.
She's eating a ripe plum.
Often appears as...
- ripe plum
- sweet plum
adjective
Something good, favorable, or beneficial.
This is a plum job for someone with her skills.
Often appears as...
- plum job
- plum role
Usage tips
Approving
noun
A dark purple color.
She's wearing a plum colored dress.
Often appears as...
- plum colored dress
- plum lipstick
noun
A candy or sweet that is flavored with plum.
I am eating a plum sweet.
Often appears as...
- plum ointment
- plum cake
noun
A type of fruit that is round and has a smooth, dark red or purple skin, sweet flesh, and a single hard seed in the middle.
She's eating a ripe plum.
Often appears as...
- ripe plum
- sweet plum
adjective
Something good, favorable, or beneficial.
This is a plum job for someone with her skills.
Often appears as...
- plum job
- plum role
Usage tips
Approving
noun
A dark purple color.
She's wearing a plum colored dress.
Often appears as...
- plum colored dress
- plum lipstick
noun
A candy or sweet that is flavored with plum.
I am eating a plum sweet.
Often appears as...
- plum ointment
- plum cake
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Fruit Anatomy
Understand that 'plum' refers to the whole fruit, including skin, flesh, and seed.
The plum's skin can be easily peeled off.
Pro Tip 2/3Variety Awareness
Plums can vary in color and size, so don't expect all to be dark red or purple.
Yellow plums are just as tasty.
Pro Tip 3/3Culinary Uses
Besides eating fresh, plums are used in cooking, like in sauces or desserts.
She added plums to the sauce for sweetness.
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Video examples
Steve Boyes: Reviving...
plant there's me happy as will help you to spot to plant those trees into these forests that need them so much this is our planting team at hala they're planting wild olives wild plums these are Pisa grow a little bit faster than the other words it's an interim plan so in ten years time they have food
Video examples
125th Anniversary...
but then you know just need to book about plums and down under the soil is a whole new world of bacteria we know nothing about one place that we haven't done a lot of exploring just because of the harsh conditions is Antarctica so we were trying to get up the connection we
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How one tree grows 40...
First is cherries, then apricots, Asian plums, nectarines and peaches, and I think I forgot one in there, somewhere Although it's an artwork that exists outside of the gallery, as the project continues, it's been conservation by way of the art world.
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How to master your sense...
Perfumers can learn to distinguish individual odors in a fragrance made of hundreds of scents. Tea experts have been known to sniff out not just the location where a tea was from, but the season of harvest and whether it was planted by a plum tree.
Video examples
This Crazy Tree Grows 40...
was able to find these different heirloom and antique varieties but they are very rare so it would bring them back here to my nursery graph them onto a tree so that I could continue to use them now I have a huge collection of plums and apricots
Video examples
Women entrepreneurs,...
if I turned down a plum assignment at ABC for a fellowship overseas I would never ever find another job she said kiddo I'm gonna tell you two things first of all no one turns down a Fulbright and secondly McDonald's is
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Farming for the Planet PIPE...
so now what would you tell people what kind of farm it is just on the animal side cows pigs chicken sheep ducks guinea handles turkeys oranges apples nectarines peaches plums cherimoyas guavas macadamia nuts
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TikTok, Instagram,...
sell an astonishing 120,000 kilograms of plums. Many brands that are interested in hiring and recruiting young people have been using short video as a fresh way to engage with Generation Z. For example,
Video examples
How to turn your...
I remember a childhood growing up climbing trees, picking mangoes and plums on the university campus where my father was a lecturer. Went fishing in the streams deep in the botanical gardens.
Video examples
A brief history of...
This chimpanzee stumbles across a windfall of overripe plums. Many of them have split open, drawing him to their intoxicating fruity odor. He gorges himself
Video examples
Steve Boyes: Reviving...
plant there's me happy as will help you to spot to plant those trees into these forests that need them so much this is our planting team at hala they're planting wild olives wild plums these are Pisa grow a little bit faster than the other words it's an interim plan so in ten years time they have food
Video examples
125th Anniversary...
but then you know just need to book about plums and down under the soil is a whole new world of bacteria we know nothing about one place that we haven't done a lot of exploring just because of the harsh conditions is Antarctica so we were trying to get up the connection we
Video examples
How one tree grows 40...
First is cherries, then apricots, Asian plums, nectarines and peaches, and I think I forgot one in there, somewhere Although it's an artwork that exists outside of the gallery, as the project continues, it's been conservation by way of the art world.
Video examples
How to master your sense...
Perfumers can learn to distinguish individual odors in a fragrance made of hundreds of scents. Tea experts have been known to sniff out not just the location where a tea was from, but the season of harvest and whether it was planted by a plum tree.
Video examples
This Crazy Tree Grows 40...
was able to find these different heirloom and antique varieties but they are very rare so it would bring them back here to my nursery graph them onto a tree so that I could continue to use them now I have a huge collection of plums and apricots
Video examples
Women entrepreneurs,...
if I turned down a plum assignment at ABC for a fellowship overseas I would never ever find another job she said kiddo I'm gonna tell you two things first of all no one turns down a Fulbright and secondly McDonald's is
Video examples
Farming for the Planet PIPE...
so now what would you tell people what kind of farm it is just on the animal side cows pigs chicken sheep ducks guinea handles turkeys oranges apples nectarines peaches plums cherimoyas guavas macadamia nuts
Video examples
TikTok, Instagram,...
sell an astonishing 120,000 kilograms of plums. Many brands that are interested in hiring and recruiting young people have been using short video as a fresh way to engage with Generation Z. For example,
Video examples
How to turn your...
I remember a childhood growing up climbing trees, picking mangoes and plums on the university campus where my father was a lecturer. Went fishing in the streams deep in the botanical gardens.
Video examples
A brief history of...
This chimpanzee stumbles across a windfall of overripe plums. Many of them have split open, drawing him to their intoxicating fruity odor. He gorges himself
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Jamie Bamber
English Actor
When I was trying to find work after drama school in London, it felt like the same actors always got the plum roles, especially in television. We have a smaller market place, vastly fewer drama-producing networks, and they seem to compete for the same established names for those projects.
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Isabel Lucas
Australian Actress
My best friend was Aboriginal. She taught me about 'bush tucker' - the food of the land, the different things you could eat if you got lost in the bush, like grasses and berries. There's this tree called the billygoat plum - the fruit is quite nice.
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Rachel Khoo
British Chef
I grew up surrounded by generously yielding plum trees, and as a family we were constantly on the hunt for inspired ways to use up the lovely plums before age got the better of them.
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Archie Manning
American Athlete
Growing up in a small town of two thousand people, there wasn't too many ways to get in trouble. But I found some. We got caught stealing green plums from this old lady's yard.
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Ellsworth Kelly
American Artist
I don't like mixed colors that much, like plum color or deep, deep colors that are hard to define.
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Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
Harvard takes perfectly good plums as students, and turns them into prunes.
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Aziz Ansari
American Comedian
Acting is a plum gig, and then animation is an even more plum gig.
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George William Russell
Irish Writer
You can't evoke great spirits and eat plums at the same time.
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Mary McCarthy
American Author
I am putting real plums into an imaginary cake.
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Yotam Ottolenghi
Israeli Chef
Plums are a good substitute for gooseberries.
Quote examples
Jamie Bamber
English Actor
When I was trying to find work after drama school in London, it felt like the same actors always got the plum roles, especially in television. We have a smaller market place, vastly fewer drama-producing networks, and they seem to compete for the same established names for those projects.
Quote examples
Isabel Lucas
Australian Actress
My best friend was Aboriginal. She taught me about 'bush tucker' - the food of the land, the different things you could eat if you got lost in the bush, like grasses and berries. There's this tree called the billygoat plum - the fruit is quite nice.
Quote examples
Rachel Khoo
British Chef
I grew up surrounded by generously yielding plum trees, and as a family we were constantly on the hunt for inspired ways to use up the lovely plums before age got the better of them.
Quote examples
Archie Manning
American Athlete
Growing up in a small town of two thousand people, there wasn't too many ways to get in trouble. But I found some. We got caught stealing green plums from this old lady's yard.
Quote examples
Ellsworth Kelly
American Artist
I don't like mixed colors that much, like plum color or deep, deep colors that are hard to define.
Quote examples
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
Harvard takes perfectly good plums as students, and turns them into prunes.
Quote examples
Aziz Ansari
American Comedian
Acting is a plum gig, and then animation is an even more plum gig.
Quote examples
George William Russell
Irish Writer
You can't evoke great spirits and eat plums at the same time.
Quote examples
Mary McCarthy
American Author
I am putting real plums into an imaginary cake.
Quote examples
Yotam Ottolenghi
Israeli Chef
Plums are a good substitute for gooseberries.
Example 1 of 10
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