plum

(plŭm)

1. a. Any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Prunus, bearing smooth-skinned, fleshy, edible fruit with a single hard-shelled stone that encloses the seed.
   b. The fruit of any of these trees.
2. a. Any of several trees bearing plumlike fruit.
   b. The fruit of such a tree.
3. A raisin, when added to a pudding or cake.
4. A sugarplum.
5. A dark purple to deep reddish purple.
6. An especially desirable position, assignment, or reward: an ambassadorship granted as a political plum.

(plŭm) Informal