🌿 A coastal shrub 🍇 A small fruit

beach plum

7.8

A small dark purple fruit that grows on coastal shrubs and people use to make jam

noun
/biːtʃ plʌm/

: ciruela de playa

We made jelly from the beach plum harvest this summer.

Examples

She tasted the homemade beach plum pie at the fair.
The beach plum is a unique fruit found along the coast.
The coastal sand dunes are home to the wild beach plum.
Have you tried a beach plum pie before?
We made jelly from the beach plum harvest this summer.
She tasted the homemade beach plum pie at the fair.
Have you tried a beach plum pie before?

Synonyms

plum

vsbeach plum

50 1.0

A small round or oval fruit with smooth skin and one hard stone

is a specific coastal type used especially for jams and pies

damson

vsbeach plum

1 8.8

A small dark purple plum often used for jam and cooking

grows on coastal shrubs rather than on a tree

Prunus maritima

vsbeach plum

Specialized

9.9

A small shrub by the sea with white flowers and edible purple fruit called beach plum

is the common name while the linked term is the scientific name

damson plum

vsbeach plum

6.1

A small dark purple plum or the tree that grows it with a tart taste often used for jam

is similar but is identified by coastal growth and jam uses

wild plum

vsbeach plum

5.2

A small tart fruit from a tree or bush that grows naturally

grows on coastal shrubs in the northeast rather than wild inland trees

Surface Forms

beach plum singular

beach plums plural

Morphology

beach + plum

The compound combines a clear locative noun 'beach' (shore) with 'plum' (a fruit), so a learner who knows both words will readily infer it refers to a type of plum found by the shore. Detailed botanical attributes (small, dark purple, used in jams) are not fully predictable, but the core referent is transparently derivable from the constituents.

Etymology

Beach plum is the name for the small purple plum fruits that grow on shrubs near the beach. So the name points to the 'fruit' people pick to make jams and pies.