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PLUM/plʌm/

A plum is a small soft fruit with purple, red, or yellow skin and a stone. Countable: a plum, plums; ripe plums; plum jam. A peach is larger and fuzzier; a grape grows in a bunch. Not plump (a bit fat) — similar letters.

Meaning

A small soft fruit with purple, red, or yellow skin and a stone.

Examples

• “These plums are from the garden.”
• “These plums are sour.”
• “She put a plum in her lunch box.”

Good to know

a plum (stone inside). Contrast: peach (larger), grape (bunch). Mix-up: plump.

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