pear vs plum

pear

noun
  • A type of fruit tree (Pyrus communis). 

  • A desaturated chartreuse yellow colour, like that of a pear. 

  • The wood of the pear tree (pearwood, pear wood). 

  • avocado, alligator pear 

  • Choke pear (a torture device). 

  • An edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but typically elongated towards the stem. 

plum

noun
  • A stone-fruit tree which bears this fruit, Prunus domestica. 

  • Prunus americana (American plum) 

  • Prunus sect. Armeniaca (better known as apricots) 

  • Prunus rivularis (creek plum or hog plum) 

  • A desirable or choice thing of its kind; a prize selection; a choice appointment, assignment etc. 

  • A fool, an idiot. 

  • Prunus mume, an Asian fruit more closely related to the apricot than the plum, usually consumed pickled, dried, or as a juice or wine; ume. 

  • A dark bluish-red color/colour, the colour of some plums. 

  • An edible, fleshy stone fruit of Prunus domestica (European plum), often of a dark red or purple colour. 

  • Prunus ursina (bear's plum) 

  • Prunus angustifolia (Chickasaw plum or sand plum) 

  • Prunus hortulana (hortulan plum) 

  • Prunus nigra (Canadian plum or black plum) 

  • Prunus spinosa (sloe) 

  • Prunus subcordata (Klamath plum or Oregon plum) 

  • Prunus salicina (Chinese plum or Japanese plum) 

  • Prunus cerasifera (cherry plum or myrobalan) 

  • A testicle. 

verb
  • To plumb. 

adj
  • Of a dark bluish-red colour. 

  • Choice; especially lavish or preferred. 

  • Plumb 

adv
  • Completely; utterly. 

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