Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling a plum or some aspect of one.

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  • adjective resembling a plum fruit

Etymologies

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plum +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Two and a half hours in, the plumlike prostate showed itself on the monitor.

    Three Stages of Amazement Carol Edgarian 2011

  • Two and a half hours in, the plumlike prostate showed itself on the monitor.

    Three Stages of Amazement Carol Edgarian 2011

  • To his credit, Mr. Bernstein strives hard to avoid prurience, or even the suggestion of it, although occasionally he does drop his guard, as when he writes of Western men being "powerfully drawn to the slim, small-boned, black-haired women of Asia, more plumlike than melonlike of breast, spare rather than full of buttocks and hips."

    Seeking Pleasure Far From Home 2009

  • A visitor to the Sub-Saharan region will encounter numerous fruits, such as the plumlike caura, a number of berries including the sône and the tekeli, and the hazelnut-sized cobaï fruit, said to be so delicious that, when in season, no other food is touched.

    The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

  • A visitor to the Sub-Saharan region will encounter numerous fruits, such as the plumlike caura, a number of berries including the sône and the tekeli, and the hazelnut-sized cobaï fruit, said to be so delicious that, when in season, no other food is touched.

    The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

  • A visitor to the Sub-Saharan region will encounter numerous fruits, such as the plumlike caura, a number of berries including the sône and the tekeli, and the hazelnut-sized cobaï fruit, said to be so delicious that, when in season, no other food is touched.

    The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

  • Then he tried a dumpling, surprisingly delicate, with a plumlike flavor.

    Wellspring of Chaos Modesitt, L. E. 2004

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