<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>the drupaceous fruit of any of several trees belonging to the genus Prunus, of the rose family, having an oblong stone</li><li>the tree itself</li><li>any of various other trees bearing a plumlike fruit</li><li>the fruit itself</li><li>a sugarplum</li><li>a raisin, as in a cake or pudding</li><li>a deep purple varying from bluish to reddish</li><li>an excellent or desirable thing, as a fine position: The choicest plums went to his old cronies</li><li>an unanticipated large increase in money or property, as an unexpected legacy; a windfall: The company offered bonuses and other plums</li><li>also called displacer</li><li>a large stone used in massive concrete construction</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>extremely desirable, rewarding, profitable, or the like: a plum job in the foreign service</li></ul>