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mountain plum en · NOUN

Etymology

The local name in Jamaica once, where it occurs.

Meanings

1. A tree of species Ximenia americana, of the tropics, that bears cherished fruits.
   • Mountain plum.—The mountain plum (Ximenia americana) is a native of the tropics. It is a tree with simple leaves; flowers white, in clusters; fruit yellow, size of a plum; pulp of a pleasant subacid taste with a slight astringency. 1891, W. Estes, “Consular Reports on Commerce, Manufacturers, etc.: Fruits of Jamaica. No. 130–July, 1891”, in Reports from the Consuls of the United States. Vol XXXVI, Washington: Government Printing Office, page 329 from 321:
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mountain, plum.
   • They fry okra. […] Our supper came with a bottle of brandy made from mountain plums and, by the potency, a good helping of mountain lightning, too. 2005, Harry Turtledove, Every Inch a King, New York: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 122:

Forms

Synonyms

wild olive · false sandalwood · hog plum · tallowwood · seaside plum · sea lemon · yellow plum

Translations (11)

gez ዕንጐት (Ximenia americana) · arw wiri (Ximenia americana) · tig ምልሕጣ (Ximenia americana) · srn fransmanmope (Ximenia americana) · ff saɓɓulli (amongst the Woɗaaɓe at least) (Ximenia americana) · ti ምልዖ (Ximenia americana) · fi luumupapinmarja (Ximenia americana) · am እንኰይ (Ximenia americana) · de Amerikanische Ximenie (Ximenia americana) · am እንኮይ (Ximenia americana) · luo olemo (Ximenia americana)