Plum

n. [A.-S. plūma, Icel. plōma, plumma, Sw. plommon, Dan. blomme, L. Ger. plumme, N. H. Ger. Pflaume, D. pruim, Up. Ger. prume, praume, Fr. prune, Lat. prunum, Gr. προῦνον, προῦνου, Ir. plūma, Corn. plumam, Gael. plūmbos, plumbas.] 1. The fruit of a tree belonging to the genus Prunus; also, the tree itself, usually called plum-tree. ☞ The fruit is a drupe, containing a nut or stone with prominent sutures, and inclosing a kernel. The varieties of the plum are very numerous.

2. A grape dried in the sun; a raisin.
3. A handsome fortune or property. In cant language, the sum of £100,000 sterling; also, the person possessing it. [Obs.]
4. A kind of play. Ainsworth.