hog plum
- noun
- US
:
ciruela de cerdo
- The tart flavor of the hog plum makes it perfect for jams and jellies.
Examples
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We picked ripe hog plums from the trees along the riverbank.
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Locals often gather hog plums in late summer to use in traditional recipes.
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I picked a hog plum from the tree.
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The hog plums are ripe this season.
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In late summer, we enjoy making chutney with the sweet and tangy hog plums we collected from the trees.
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At the farmer's market, I bought some delicious hog plums that were perfect for making a refreshing dessert.
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My grandmother taught me how to make a pie with hog plums that balances their sour taste beautifully.
Synonyms
A small yellow oval fruit eaten fresh or made into jam and drinks
A tropical American shrub or small tree with edible fruit like a plum used in jams and desserts
A small plum-shaped tropical fruit with light to dark skin used to make jam
A small tart fruit from a tree or bush that grows naturally
A small Asian tree that makes small round fruit like a cherry or plum
A large sweet plum with red or yellow skin often eaten fresh
A fruit that is a mix of a plum and an apricot
Surface Forms
Morphology
hog + plum
The compound is a straightforward modifier + head noun: 'plum' denotes a fruit and 'hog' functions as a descriptor, so a learner who knows both words will infer it names a kind/variety of plum. This follows common cross-linguistic plant-naming patterns (modifier specifies type), so while they may not know the exact species or flavor, the basic meaning 'a type of plum/fruit' is directly derivable.
Etymology
Hog plum is the small, sour fruit from that tree; people likely named the fruit hog plum because they saw hogs eating the fallen plums, so the name now means the 'fruit' itself.
