hog plum

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A plant of the genus Spondias, natural order Anacardiaceæ. Some of the species yield pleasant fruits, as S. purpurea and S. lutea of the West Indies. Their fruit is a common food for hogs. A much-esteemed Brazilian dish is prepared from the juice of S. tuberosa, mixed with milk, curds, and sugar. In North America the name is applied to several different plants: Prunus angustifolia, the Chickasaw plum of the eastern United States; Rhus Metopium, the poison-wood or coral-sumac of tropical Florida; and Ximenia Americana, the wild lime of Florida, which is perhaps introduced from the West Indies.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Bot.) a tropical tree, of the genus Spondias (Spondias lutea), with fruit somewhat resembling plums, but chiefly eaten by hogs. It is found in the West Indies.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. yellow oval tropical fruit
2. n. tropical American tree having edible yellow fruit
3. n. small native American shrubby tree bearing small edible yellow to reddish fruit
4. n. fruit of the wild plum of southern United States