plum

noun

• 1an oval fleshy fruit that is purple, reddish, or yellow when ripe and contains a flattish pointed pit.

• 2 (also plum tree) the deciduous tree that bears the plum.

  • Several species in the genus Prunus, family Rosaceae, in particular P. domestica

• 3a reddish-purple color: [as modifier]:a plum blazer

• 4 [usually as modifier] informal a highly desirable attainment, accomplishment, or acquisition, typically a job:he landed a plum assistant producer’s job

adverb

• variant spelling of plumb¹.the helicopter crashed plum on the cabins