ground plum
Americannoun
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a prostrate milk vetch, Astragalus crassicarpus, of the legume family, growing in the prairie regions of North America.
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its plum-shaped fruit.
noun
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a North American leguminous plant, Astragalus caryocarpus, with purple or white flowers and green thick-walled plumlike edible pods
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the pod of this plant
Etymology
Origin of ground plum
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60
Example Sentences
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Screw bean Mexican buckeye Mexican ground plum Mexican persimmon Mignonette Mignonette family Milk weed family Mint family Mistletoe family Mockernut.
From Texas Honey Plants by Sanborn, C. E.
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