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HOG PLUM

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Yellow oval tropical fruit

Synonyms:

hog plum; yellow mombin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)

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

hog plum; Spondias mombin; yellow mombin; yellow mombin tree (tropical American tree having edible yellow fruit)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Fruit of the wild plum of southern United States

Synonyms:

hog plum; wild plum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)

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

chickasaw plum; hog plum; hog plum bush; Prunus angustifolia (small native American shrubby tree bearing small edible yellow to reddish fruit)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Small native American shrubby tree bearing small edible yellow to reddish fruit

Synonyms:

chickasaw plum; hog plum; hog plum bush; Prunus angustifolia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (parts of "hog plum"):

hog plum; wild plum (fruit of the wild plum of southern United States)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Tropical American tree having edible yellow fruit

Synonyms:

hog plum; Spondias mombin; yellow mombin; yellow mombin tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "hog plum"):

hog plum; yellow mombin (yellow oval tropical fruit)

Holonyms ("hog plum" is a member of...):

genus Spondias; Spondias (tropical trees having one-seeded fruit)

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