hog plum bush
- noun
- US
- The hog plum bush thrives in sandy soils and produces fruit in late summer.
Examples
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Birds are often attracted to the hog plum bush for its sweet, yellow fruit.
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She planted a hog plum bush in her garden to attract wildlife.
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The hog plum bush grows well in warm climates.
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Have you seen a hog plum bush before?
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The hog plum bush produces small, edible fruits that many animals love to eat.
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In her backyard, she enjoys watching butterflies visit the hog plum bush during summer.
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The hog plum bush is known for its bright yellow fruits that can be made into delicious jams.
Synonyms
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A small tree or shrub that produces edible yellow fruit
A small North American shrubby tree with edible yellow to red fruit
A small North American bush or tree that makes yellow to red edible fruit
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is compositionally transparent: 'plum' (the fruit) + 'bush' (a small woody plant) straightforwardly yields a bush that bears plums, and 'hog' functions as a specifying modifier indicating a variety. Even if the learner doesn’t know why 'hog' labels this variety, a B1 learner who knows the constituent words can infer it denotes a type of plum bush producing edible fruit.
Etymology
Hog plum bush gets its name from a simple picture: a low bush with small plums that hogs liked to eat. So, it now means 'a small shrub with edible fruit'.