plums
Stone fruit, purple
Plums are soft, round stone fruits with smooth skin ranging from deep purple to red, yellow, or green.
They're eaten fresh or dried into prunes.
The plural often appears in contexts of abundance or selection: The assignment was one of the plums of his career.
A plum assignment or position is highly desirable—choice, rewarding, easy to enjoy.
Seed-bearing fleshy fruit
- prunusStone fruit group
- orchardFruit tree plantation
- pittedSeed removed, or opposed
- pitFruit's hard seed
flesh · skin · bloom · freestone · clingstone · damson · greengage · mirabelle
Tasting of sugar
- tartSharp-flavored small pie
- tangySharp and lively-tasting
- juicyFull of moisture
- succulentMoist and flavorful
luscious · mellow · honeyed · rich · complex · floral · aromatic · fragrant
Cooked fruit spread
- preservesCooked fruit in sugar
- compoteFruit cooked in syrup
- chutneySpiced fruit-based condiment
- tartSharp-flavored small pie
galette · clafoutis · crumble · cobbler · sorbet · eau-de-vie · slivovitz · dessert
Hue between crimson and azure
- violetSmall five-petaled wildflower
- burgundyDeep purplish red
- crimsonDeep purplish-red shade
- goldenBright yellow, or precious
yellow · green · dusky · bloom · waxy · round · oval · plump
drupe
Seed-bearing fleshy fruit
pit · flesh · skin · bloom · freestone · clingstone · damson · greengage · mirabelle · sloe
sweet
Tasting of sugar
succulent · luscious · mellow · honeyed · rich · complex · floral · aromatic · fragrant · nectar
jam
Cooked fruit spread
tart · galette · clafoutis · crumble · cobbler · sorbet · eau-de-vie · slivovitz · dessert · poached
purple
Hue between crimson and azure
golden · yellow · green · dusky · bloom · waxy · round · oval · plump · smooth
juicy
Full of moisture
pulpy · soft · firm · crisp · yielding · moist · meaty · dense · smooth · delicate
picking
Act of selecting
baskets · crop · yield · gathering · seasonal · market · produce · freshness · pruning · cultivation
- harvestreaping, fall harvest, wheat sheaf, reaper, reap
- British producecarrots, potatoes, cabbage, peas, onions
- farm productsbeef, chicken, rice, eggs, carrots
- fruit farmingapples, apricots, bananas, berries, blackberries
- orchard productsapples, pears, peaches, cherries, apricots
- stone fruitspeach, apricot, nectarine, cherry, peaches
- plum tomatoOblong tomato for cooking
- indoor plumbingBuilding's water and drainage system
- plum treeFruit-bearing orchard plant
- sugar plumsCandy-coated fruit or nuts
- plum tomatoesOval, meaty sauce variety
- plumb lineTool showing true vertical