HOG PLUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hog plum mean? 

• HOG PLUM (noun)
  The noun HOG PLUM has 4 senses:

1. tropical American tree having edible yellow fruit

2. small native American shrubby tree bearing small edible yellow to reddish fruit

3. fruit of the wild plum of southern United States

4. yellow oval tropical fruit

  Familiarity information: HOG PLUM used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOG PLUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical American tree having edible yellow fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

hog plum; Spondias mombin; yellow mombin; yellow mombin tree

Hypernyms ("hog plum" is a kind of...):

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "hog plum"):

hog plum; yellow mombin (yellow oval tropical fruit)

Holonyms ("hog plum" is a member of...):

genus Spondias; Spondias (tropical trees having one-seeded fruit)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small native American shrubby tree bearing small edible yellow to reddish fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

chickasaw plum; hog plum; hog plum bush; Prunus angustifolia

Hypernyms ("hog plum" is a kind of...):

wild plum; wild plum tree (an uncultivated plum tree or shrub)

Meronyms (parts of "hog plum"):

hog plum; wild plum (fruit of the wild plum of southern United States)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Fruit of the wild plum of southern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

hog plum; wild plum

Hypernyms ("hog plum" is a kind of...):

edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)

Holonyms ("hog plum" is a part of...):

chickasaw plum; hog plum; hog plum bush; Prunus angustifolia (small native American shrubby tree bearing small edible yellow to reddish fruit)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Yellow oval tropical fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

hog plum; yellow mombin

Hypernyms ("hog plum" is a kind of...):

edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)

Holonyms ("hog plum" is a part of...):

hog plum; Spondias mombin; yellow mombin; yellow mombin tree (tropical American tree having edible yellow fruit)