From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Plum \Plum\, n. [AS. pl[=u]me, fr. L. prunum; akin to Gr. ?, ?.
Cf. {Prune} a dried plum.]
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1. (Bot.) 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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The bullace, the damson, and the numerous varieties
of plum, of our gardens, although growing into
thornless trees, are believed to be varieties of the
blackthorn, produced by long cultivation. --G.
Bentham.
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Note: Two or three hundred varieties of plums derived from
the {Prunus domestica} are described; among them the
{greengage}, the {Orleans}, the {purple gage}, or
{Reine Claude Violette}, and the {German prune}, are
some of the best known.
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Note: Among the true plums are;
{Beach plum}, the {Prunus maritima}, and its crimson or
purple globular drupes,
{Bullace plum}. See {Bullace}.
{Chickasaw plum}, the American {Prunus Chicasa}, and its
round red drupes.
{Orleans plum}, a dark reddish purple plum of medium size,
much grown in England for sale in the markets.
{Wild plum of America}, {Prunus Americana}, with red or
yellow fruit, the original of the {Iowa plum} and several
other varieties.
[1913 Webster] Among plants called plum, but of other
genera than {Prunus}, are;
{Australian plum}, {Cargillia arborea} and {Cargillia
australis}, of the same family with the persimmon.
{Blood plum}, the West African {H[ae]matostaphes Barteri}.
{Cocoa plum}, the Spanish nectarine. See under {Nectarine}.
{Date plum}. See under {Date}.
{Gingerbread plum}, the West African {Parinarium
macrophyllum}.
{Gopher plum}, the Ogeechee lime.
{Gray plum}, {Guinea plum}. See under {Guinea}.
{Indian plum}, several species of {Flacourtia}.
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2. A grape dried in the sun; a raisin.
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3. A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant
language, the sum of [pounds]100,000 sterling; also, the
person possessing it.
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4. Something likened to a plum in desirableness; a good or
choice thing of its kind, as among appointments,
positions, parts of a book, etc.; as, the mayor rewarded
his cronies with cushy plums, requiring little work for
handsome pay
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5. A color resembling that of a plum; a slightly grayish deep
purple, varying somewhat in its red or blue tint.
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{Plum bird}, {Plum budder} (Zool.), the European bullfinch.
{Plum gouger} (Zool.), a weevil, or curculio ({Coccotorus
scutellaris}), which destroys plums. It makes round holes
in the pulp, for the reception of its eggs. The larva
bores into the stone and eats the kernel.
{Plum weevil} (Zool.), an American weevil which is very
destructive to plums, nectarines, cherries, and many other
stone fruits. It lays its eggs in crescent-shaped
incisions made with its jaws. The larva lives upon the
pulp around the stone. Called also {turk}, and {plum
curculio}. See Illust. under {Curculio}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Turk \Turk\ (t[^u]rk), n. [Per. Turk; probably of Tartar origin:
cf. F. Turc.]
1. A member of any of numerous Tartar tribes of Central Asia,
etc.; esp., one of the dominant race in Turkey.
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2. A native or inhabitant of Turkey.
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3. A Muslim; esp., one living in Turkey. [Archaic]
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It is no good reason for a man's religion that he
was born and brought up in it; for then a Turk would
have as much reason to be a Turk as a Christian to
be a Christian. --Chillingworth.
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4. (Zool.) The plum weevil. See {Curculio}, and {Plum
weevil}, under {Plum}.
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{Turk's cap}. (Bot.)
(a) Turk's-cap lily. See under {Lily}.
(b) A tulip.
(c) A plant of the genus {Melocactus}; Turk's head. See
{Melon cactus}, under {Melon}.
{Turk's head}.
(a) (Naut.) A knot of turbanlike form worked on a rope
with a piece of small line. --R. H. Dana, Jr.
(b) (Bot.) See {Turk's cap}
(c) above.
{Turk's turban} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Ranunculus};
crowfoot.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Turk
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Turkey
From Swedish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-swe-eng]:
turk
Turk
From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]:
Turk /tɵrk/
Turk
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