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ground plum

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.


ground plum

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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Word History and Origins

Origin of ground plum1

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

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