Noun: hog plum hóg plúm
- Tropical American tree having edible yellow fruit
"hog plum appears in many Caribbean gardens";
- yellow mombin, yellow mombin tree, Spondias mombin
- Yellow oval tropical fruit
"The hog plum's sweet-sour taste was perfect for making chutney";
- yellow mombin
- Small native American shrubby tree bearing small edible yellow to reddish fruit
"hog plum thickets provided natural fencing";
- chickasaw plum, hog plum bush, Prunus angustifolia
- Fruit of the wild plum of southern United States
"The hog plums were too tart to eat raw but made excellent preserves";
- wild plum
Derived forms: hog plums
Type of: edible fruit, fruit tree, wild plum, wild plum tree
Part of: genus Spondias, Spondias
Encyclopedia: Hog plum