Meaning

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

noun any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit

noun a highly desirable position or assignment

originEtymology tree Anatolianbor. Ancient Greek προῦμνον (proûmnon)bor. Latin prūnum Vulgar Latin *prūmabor. Proto-West Germanic *plūmā Old English plūme Middle English plomme English plum From Middle English plomme, ploume, from Old English plūme, from Proto-West Germanic *plūmā, borrowed from Latin prūnum. Doublet of prune.

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