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siruwela : plum (n.)
[ Etymology: Spanish: ciruela: plum ]

Derivatives of siruwela


Glosses:
plum
n. (plant)1. plum, plum treeany of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone.
~ plumany of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit.
~ genus prunus, prunusa genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions.
~ wild plum, wild plum treean uncultivated plum tree or shrub.
~ common plum, prunus domesticaany of various widely distributed plums grown in the cooler temperate areas.
~ bullace, prunus insititiasmall wild or half-domesticated Eurasian plum bearing small ovoid fruit in clusters.
~ big-tree plum, prunus mexicanasmall tree of southwestern United States having purplish-red fruit sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its large leaves.
~ canada plum, prunus nigrasmall tree native to northeastern North America having oblong orange-red fruit.
~ cherry plum, myrobalan, myrobalan plum, prunus cerasiferasmall Asiatic tree bearing edible red or yellow fruit.
~ japanese plum, prunus salicinasmall tree of China and Japan bearing large yellow to red plums usually somewhat inferior to European plums in flavor.
~ pacific plum, prunus subcordata, sierra plumshrub of the Pacific coast of the United States bearing small red insipid fruit.
~ fruit treetree bearing edible fruit.
n. (food)2. plumany of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit.
~ edible fruitedible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh.
~ damson, damson plumdark purple plum of the damson tree.
~ greengage, greengage plumsweet green or greenish-yellow variety of plum.
~ beach plumsmall dark purple fruit used especially in jams and pies.
~ sloesmall sour dark purple fruit of especially the Allegheny plum bush.
~ victoria pluma large red plum served as dessert.
~ plum, plum treeany of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone.
~ drupe, stone fruitfleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond; peach; plum; cherry; elderberry; olive; jujube.
n. (act)3. pluma highly desirable position or assignment.; "a political plum"
~ berth, billet, post, situation, position, office, place, spota job in an organization.; "he occupied a post in the treasury"
adv. 4. plum, plumbexactly.; "fell plumb in the middle of the puddle"
~ colloquialisma colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech.
adv. 5. clean, plum, plumbcompletely; used as intensifiers.; "clean forgot the appointment"; "I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out"
~ argot, jargon, lingo, patois, vernacular, slang, canta characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves).; "they don't speak our lingo"