mountain plum
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Etymology
[edit]The local name in Jamaica once, where it occurs.
Noun
[edit]mountain plum (plural mountain plums)
- Ximenia americana, a tree of the tropics bearing cherished fruits.
- Synonyms: sea lemon, hog plum, false sandalwood, yellow plum, seaside plum, tallowwood, wild olive
- 1891, W. Estes, “Consular Reports on Commerce, Manufacturers, etc.: Fruits of Jamaica. No. 130–July, 1891”, in Reports from the Consuls of the United States. Vol XXXVI, Washington: Government Printing Office, page 329 from 321:
- Mountain plum.—The mountain plum (Ximenia americana) is a native of the tropics. It is a tree with simple leaves; flowers white, in clusters; fruit yellow, size of a plum; pulp of a pleasant subacid taste with a slight astringency.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mountain, plum.
- 2005, Harry Turtledove, Every Inch a King, New York: Ballantien Books, →ISBN, page 122:
- They fry okra. […] Our supper came with a bottle of brandy made from mountain plums and, by the potency, a good helping of mountain lightning, too.
Translations
[edit]Ximenia americana
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