hog plum

noun

1

: a tree of the genus Spondias

especially : a tropical American tree (S. mombin) sometimes cultivated for its edible yellow fruits which resemble plums

2

: poison-wood

3

: the Chickasaw plum or other wild plum of the southern U.S.

4

: false sandalwood sense 1

Word History

First Known Use

1697, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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