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BEACH PLUM

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small dark purple fruit used especially in jams and pies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("beach plum" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("beach plum" is a part of...):

beach plum; beach plum bush; Prunus maritima (seacoast shrub of northeastern North America having showy white blossoms and edible purple fruit)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Seacoast shrub of northeastern North America having showy white blossoms and edible purple fruit

Synonyms:

beach plum; beach plum bush; Prunus maritima

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("beach plum" is a kind of...):

wild plum; wild plum tree (an uncultivated plum tree or shrub)

Meronyms (parts of "beach plum"):

beach plum (small dark purple fruit used especially in jams and pies)

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