plum blossom
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.28 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A tree, Prunus mume, native to East Asia bearing an apricotlike fruit.
noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see plum, blossom.
Example Sentences
- "The one hundred poems and images of flowering plum blossoms published in book form c.1238 by Song Boren [92] make up the earliest Chinese illustrated book where the pictures are meant as objects of aesthetic appreciation in their own right"
- "The plum is associated with the start of spring, because plum blossoms are some of the first blossoms to open during the year. In most areas of Japan, including Tokyo, they typically flower in February and March."