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Definition of German prune

German prune
Note: Two or three hundred varieties of plums derived from the Prunus domestica are described; among them the greengage, the Orleans, the purple gage, or Reine Claude Violette, and the German prune, are some of the best known. Note: Among the true plums are; Beach plum, the Prunus maritima, and its crimson or purple globular drupes, Bullace plum. See Bullace. Chickasaw plum, the American Prunus Chicasa, and its round red drupes. Orleans plum, a dark reddish purple plum of medium size, much grown in England for sale in the markets. Wild plum of America, Prunus Americana, with red or yellow fruit, the original of the Iowa plum and several other varieties. Among plants called plum, but of other genera than Prunus, are; Australian plum, Cargillia arborea and C. australis, of the same family with the persimmon. Blood plum, the West African H[ae]matostaphes Barteri. Cocoa plum, the Spanish nectarine. See under Nectarine. Date plum. See under Date. Gingerbread plum, the West African Parinarium macrophyllum. Gopher plum, the Ogeechee lime. Gray plum, Guinea plum. See under Guinea. Indian plum, several species of Flacourtia. 2. A grape dried in the sun; a raisin. 3. A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant language, the sum of [pounds]100,000 sterling; also, the person possessing it. Plum bird, Plum budder (Zo["o]l.), the European bullfinch. Plum gouger (Zo["o]l.), a weevil, or curculio (Coccotorus scutellaris), which destroys plums. It makes round holes in the pulp, for the reception of its eggs. The larva bores into the stone and eats the kernel. Plum weevil (Zo["o]l.), an American weevil which is very destructive to plums, nectarines cherries, and many other stone fruits. It lays its eggs in crescent-shaped incisions made with its jaws. The larva lives upon the pulp around the stone. Called also turk, and plum curculio. See Illust. under Curculio.
German prune
Prune Prune, n. [F. prune, from L. prunum a plum. See Plum.] A plum; esp., a dried plum, used in cookery; as, French or Turkish prunes; California prunes. German prune (Bot.), a large dark purple plum, of oval shape, often one-sided. It is much used for preserving, either dried or in sirup. Prune tree. (Bot.) (a) A tree of the genus Prunus (P. domestica), which produces prunes. (b) The West Indian tree, Prunus occidentalis. South African prune (Bot.), the edible fruit of a sapindaceous tree (Pappea Capensis).

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- franz ignaz pruner (march 8, 1808 - september 29, 1882); known as pruner bey during his stay in egypt, was a german physician,
- the british -canadian -french -german co-production was directed by jamie thraves and stars paddy considine , julia stiles , and karl
- dough that is thinly spread onto a baking sheet and covered with pitted prune plum s. labelings throughout germany , austria and switzerland .
- it was released in 1973 and includes the single 'girl from germany rundgren 's engineer and singer of the electric prunes thaddeus james lowe.
- she is of german-dutch descent. pifer grew up around musicians, most notably the electric prunes as her mother's close friend pamela was
- prune de damas, fruit of the damassinier, see damassine damascus , the capital germán carrera damas (born 1930), a venezuelan historian
- (hazelnuts), chestnut s, prune s, figs , strawberries , grape s, of the german-born nurseryman, luther burbank said, “john rock is the
- american food parcels: one-pound package of raisins or prunes. five packages of cigarettes food parcels in the german concentration camps
- country france germany belgium , language french , budget €12,000,000 chicken with plums (poulet aux prunes) is a 2011 french drama film
- french it has been called prunier de madagascar and grosse prune de café. it is echte flacourtie in german , ciruela governadora in