I. plum 1 /plʌm/ BrE AmE noun
[ Language: Old English ; Origin: plume , from Latin prunum ; ⇨ ↑ prune 2 ]
1 . [countable] a small round juicy fruit which is dark red, purple, or yellow and has a single hard seed, or the tree that produces this fruit:
juicy ripe plums
2 . [uncountable] a dark purple-red colour
3 . [countable] informal something very good that other people wish they had, such as a good job or a part in a play:
The first job I had was a real plum.
⇨ ↑ plum pudding
II. plum 2 BrE AmE adjective
1 . plum job/role/assignment etc informal a good job etc that other people wish they had:
He landed a plum role in a TV mini-series.
2 . having a dark purple-red colour