gingerbread plum

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noun

a tree, Neocarya macrophylla, of western Africa, bearing a large, edible, starchy fruit.

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Origin of gingerbread plum

First recorded in 1820–30

It was popularized as a holiday dessert in 16th-century England and also is known as Christmas pudding or plum pudding.
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At least those parents whose kids landed the plum roles will be.
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Central won thirty-three consecutive games, and Suffridge became a plum for the college recruiters.
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I don't think I was expecting a gingerbread house but I expected something a little more fun.
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Now Yesh Atid will demand and receive additional plum ministries.
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Spain is at war with North America, and now offers us this sugar-plum to draw us to her side to defend her against invasion.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
The system would be perfect for the mellowing of port or madeira, but when it is applied to plum and apple jam or, when 18 pr.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
If the cake rises well in the oven, it is commonly said that it is "nice and plum;" and vice vers, that it is heavy.
Notes and Queries, Number 194, July 16, 1853|Various
Cheese is now eaten with apple puddings and pies; but is there any nook in England where they still grate it over plum pudding?
Notes and Queries, Number 178, March 26, 1853|Various
Kano pensively lifted a plum upon the point of a toothpick and began nibbling at its wrinkled skin.
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