plum tree

/pləm tri/

Other forms: plum trees

Definitions of plum tree

1. noun

   any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone
   synonyms: plum

   types:

   wild plum, wild plum tree

   an uncultivated plum tree or shrub

   Prunus domestica, common plum

   any of various widely distributed plums grown in the cooler temperate areas

   Prunus insititia, bullace

   small wild or half-domesticated Eurasian plum bearing small ovoid fruit in clusters

   Prunus mexicana, big-tree plum

   small tree of southwestern United States having purplish-red fruit sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its large leaves

   Canada plum, Prunus nigra

   small tree native to northeastern North America having oblong orange-red fruit

   Prunus cerasifera, cherry plum, myrobalan, myrobalan plum

   small Asiatic tree bearing edible red or yellow fruit

   Japanese plum, Prunus salicina

   small tree of China and Japan bearing large yellow to red plums usually somewhat inferior to European plums in flavor

   Pacific plum, Prunus subcordata, Sierra plum

   shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States bearing small red insipid fruit

   Alleghany plum, Allegheny plum, Prunus alleghaniensis, sloe

   wild plum of northeastern United States having dark purple fruits with yellow flesh

   American red plum, August plum, Prunus americana, goose plum

   wild plum trees of eastern and central North America having red-orange fruit with yellow flesh

   Prunus angustifolia, chickasaw plum, hog plum, hog plum bush

   small native American shrubby tree bearing small edible yellow to reddish fruit

   Prunus maritima, beach plum, beach plum bush

   seacoast shrub of northeastern North America having showy white blossoms and edible purple fruit

   Prunus domestica insititia, damson plum, damson plum tree

   plum tree long cultivated for its edible fruit

   Prunus ilicifolia, evergreen cherry, holly-leaf cherry, holly-leaved cherry, islay

   California evergreen wild plum with spiny leathery leaves and white flowers

   type of:

   fruit tree

   tree bearing edible fruit