plum

n 1: any of several trees producing edible oval smooth-skinned

fruit with a single hard stone [syn: {plum tree}]

2: any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or

oval smooth-skinned fruit with a single pit

adv 1: (informal) exactly; "fell plumb in the middle of the puddle"

[syn: {plumb}]

2: (slang) completely; used as intensifiers; "clean forgot the

appointment"; "I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out" [syn: {clean},

{plumb}]

PLUM

A {compiler} for a substantial subset of {PL/I} for the

{Univac 1100}, from the {University of Maryland}.

["PL/I Programming with PLUM", M.V. Zelkowitz, Paladin House,

1978].

(1995-02-23)