ground plum

American  

noun

1. a prostrate milk vetch, Astragalus crassicarpus, of the legume family, growing in the prairie regions of North America.

2. its plum-shaped fruit.

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ground plum British  

noun

1. a North American leguminous plant, Astragalus caryocarpus, with purple or white flowers and green thick-walled plumlike edible pods

2. the pod of this plant

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Etymology

Origin of ground plum

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

Example Sentences

Screw bean Mexican buckeye Mexican ground plum Mexican persimmon Mignonette Mignonette family Milk weed family Mint family Mistletoe family Mockernut.

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