wild plum

/waɪld pləm/

Other forms: wild plums

Definitions of wild plum

1. noun

   an uncultivated plum tree or shrub
   synonyms: wild plum tree

   types:

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

   California evergreen wild plum with spiny leathery leaves and white flowers

   type of:

   plum, plum tree

   any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone
2. noun

   fruit of the wild plum of southern United States
   synonyms: hog plum

   type of:

   edible fruit

   edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh