plum

noun

a highly desirable position or assignment

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

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

adverb

completely

exactly

Roots

prunumplum- · Latin · plum

Synonyms for plum

damsonn

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Where does plum come from?

The word plum breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root plum-, from Latin prunum (“plum”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.