plum

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone
noun any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit
noun a highly desirable position or assignment

From Middle English plomme, ploume, from Old English plūme, from Proto-West Germanic *plūmā, borrowed from Latin prūnum. Doublet of prune.

"He nailed on shingles plum twel he git tired, Brer Rabbit did, en all de time he nailin', he study how he gwine git dat dinner. — Nights With Uncle Remus, Joel Chandler Harris
"He nailed on shingles plum twel he git tired, Brer Rabbit did, en all de time he nailin', he study how he gwine git dat dinner. — Nights With Uncle Remus: Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation, Joel Chandler Harris

plum tree

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