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pear plum

pear plum noun: any of several varieties of plum trees that produce pearshaped or oblong fruit, primarily cultivated for use as rootstock.

Noun

pear plum (plural pear plums)

  1. Any of several varieties of plum trees that produce pearshaped or oblong fruit, primarily cultivated for use as rootstock.
    • Plums are propagated chiefly by budding on stocks of the Mussel, Brussels, St Julien, and Pear plums.1880, The Encyclopaedia Britannica, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature · Volume 12, page 275
  2. The fruit borne by these trees.

Forms of pear plum

pluralpear plums

Questions about pear plum

What does pear plum mean?
Pear plum means any of several varieties of plum trees that produce pearshaped or oblong fruit, primarily cultivated for use as rootstock.
What part of speech is pear plum?
Pear plum is a noun.
What is the plural of pear plum?
The plural of pear plum is pear plums.

Words near pear plum in the dictionary

  1. pear drop
  2. pear drops
  3. pear gauge
  4. pear gauges
  5. pear of anguish
  6. pear plum
  7. pear plums
  8. pear psylla
  9. pear psyllas
  10. pear slug
  11. pear slugs

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