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wild plum

3.5

A small tree or bush that grows naturally and makes plums

noun
/waɪld plʌm/

: ciruela silvestre

- That's a wild plum tree.

Examples

She picked a basket full of wild plums during her hike in the countryside.
We found a hidden grove with many wild plums growing in the forest.
The wild plum trees bloom beautifully in spring, attracting local wildlife.

Synonyms

American red plum

vswild plum

1 4.8

A wild plum tree from eastern and central North America with red fruit and yellow flesh

is the broader uncultivated fruit tree concept rather than one species

wild plum tree

vswild plum

4.4

A small tree or bush that grows naturally and has small plum fruits

is the identical concept but phrased as a shorter plant name

Prunus alleghaniensis

vswild plum

Specialized

9.9

A wild plum tree in the northeastern United States with dark purple, edible fruit and yellow flesh

is the general uncultivated fruit tree concept not limited to one species

Allegheny plum

vswild plum

8.5

A wild tree that grows dark purple plums with sweet yellow flesh

is the broad uncultivated fruit tree concept not tied to one region

goose plum

vswild plum

9.8

A wild plum tree from eastern and central North America that makes red-orange fruit with yellow flesh

is the general uncultivated fruit tree concept not limited to this species

Surface Forms

wild plum singular

wild plums plural

Morphology

wild + plum

The meaning 'the fruit of a plum tree growing in the wild' is directly and compositionally derived from 'wild' (not domesticated) modifying 'plum' (the fruit). This adjective + noun pattern is cross-linguistically common and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.

Etymology

Wild plum is the name for a plum tree or shrub that grows on its own in woods or by rivers. The word wild shows it is 'not planted' or cared for, so the phrase means a naturally growing plum tree or bush.