"plums" in the noun sense

1. plum, plum tree

any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone

2. plum

any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit

3. plum

a highly desirable position or assignment

"a political plum"

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