hog plum

American  

noun

1. yellow mombin.

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Etymology

Origin of hog plum

First recorded in 1690–1700

Example Sentences

On other Islands in the Bay were plantations of maize, with cattle, fowls, plantains, and abundance of a plum-tree common in Jamaica, the fruit of which Dampier calls the large hog plum.

From History of the Buccaneers of America by Burney, James

Spondias mombin.—This yields an eatable fruit called hog plum in the West Indies.

From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William

The shrub produces a small green berry, which, like the hog plum, puts out from the trunk and larger limbs.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.

An ointment made of the flowers of the nauclea cadamba, the hog plum, and the eugenia jambolana, and used by a woman, causes her to be disliked by her husband.

From The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir