- the drupaceous fruit of any of several trees belonging to the genus Prunus, of the rose family, having an oblong stone.
- the tree itself.
- any of various other trees bearing a plumlike fruit.
- the fruit itself.
- a sugarplum.
- a raisin, as in a cake or pudding.
- a deep purple varying from bluish to reddish.
- an excellent or desirable thing, as a fine position: The choicest plums went to his old cronies.
- an unanticipated large increase in money or property, as an unexpected legacy; a windfall: The company offered bonuses and other plums.
- a large stone used in massive concrete construction.
- extremely desirable, rewarding, profitable, or the like: a plum job in the foreign service.
- a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- a small rosaceous tree, Prunus domestica, with white flowers and an edible oval fruit that is purple, yellow, or green and contains an oval stone
- the fruit of this tree
- a raisin, as used in a cake or pudding
- a dark reddish-purple colour
- (as adjective)
- informal
- something of a superior or desirable kind, such as a financial bonus
- (as modifier)
- a variant spelling of plumb (def. 3), plumb (def. 4), plumb (def. 5), plumb (def. 6)
