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Plum

The edible drupaceous fruit of the Prunus domestica, and of several other species of Prunus; also, the tree itself, usually called plum tree.

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Berth 76% connected

Convenient sea room.

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Drupe 76% connected

A fruit consisting of pulpy, coriaceous, or fibrous exocarp, without valves, containing a nut or stone with a kernel. The exocarp is succulent in the…

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Office 76% connected

That which a person does, either voluntarily or by appointment, for, or with reference to, others; customary duty, or a duty that arises from the rel…

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Place 76% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

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Position 76% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

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Post 76% connected

Hired to do what is wrong; suborned.

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Situation 76% connected

Manner in which an object is placed; location, esp. as related to something else; position; locality site; as, a house in a pleasant situation.

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Bullace 76% connected

A small European plum (Prunus communis, var. insitita). See Plum.

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Damson 76% connected

A small oval plum of a blue color, the fruit of a variety of the Prunus domestica; -- called also damask plum.

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Greengage 76% connected

A kind of plum of medium size, roundish shape, greenish flesh, and delicious flavor. It is called in France Reine Claude, after the queen of Francis…

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Myrobalan 76% connected

Alt. of Myrobolan

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Sloe 76% connected

A small, bitter, wild European plum, the fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa); also, the tree itself.

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Clean 92% connected

Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes.

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Plumb 92% connected

A little mass or weight of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction; a plummet; a plumb bo…

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