plum treen.

Brit.

/ˈplʌm triː/, U.S.

/ˈpləm ˌtri/

Forms: see plum n. and tree n.; also 1600s ploomtresse (plural).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: plum n., tree n.

Etymology: < plum n. + tree n.

1. A tree bearing plums or plum-like fruit; the wood of such a tree. Cf. plum n. 2, 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > trees or plants bearing stone fruit > plum-tree

plumeOE

plum treeeOE

prune1585

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [adjective] > of plum-tree

plum tree?c1475

eOE Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) iii. v. 310 Nim plum treowes leaf wyl on wine & swile mid þone muþ.

OE Ælfric Gram. (St. John's Oxf.) 20 Haec prunus, ðis plumtreow, hoc prunum, seo plyme.

a1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesworth (Cambr.) (1929) 672 (MED) Ore le fraunceis des arbres du verger..pruner [glossed] plontre [v.r. plum tre].

c1350 Nominale (Cambr. Ee.4.20) in Trans. Philol. Soc. (1906) 20* Pruner creker et chene, plumtre bolastre and hookus.

c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. v. 16 (MED) Piries and Plomtres [v.rr. plumtres, plomtrees] weore passchet to þe grounde.

?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 159 (MED) Þe buriouns and þe fruyte or þei be ripe off þe oke, of pere tree and appel tre, of ploumme tre..and of oþere sucche.

c1450 Med. Recipes (BL Add. 33996) in F. Heinrich Mittelengl. Medizinbuch (1896) 224 (MED) Seþ leues of þe whyte plomtre.

?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 97^v A Plowmtre garth, prunetum.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Plumbe tree, prunus, spinus; prunetum, spinetum, the place wher plumme trees growe.

1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry f. 32 Peach plumtree & chery.

1653 R. Austen Treat. Fruit-trees 56 The Violet, and Premorden plum-trees, are very great bearing trees.

1683 in V. Chinnery Oak Furnit. (1979) 162 Plum-tree wood.

1708 E. Arwaker Truth in Fiction iii. i. 194 As he, one Morn, an early Ramble took, He saw a Plum-tree, hanging o'er a Brook.

1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. II. 338 This tree is an ever-green, with leaves resembling those of a pear or plumb-tree.

1824 Hobart Town Gaz. 1 Oct. Colonial Timber may at any time be purchased of an inhabitant of this town... Plum Tree, for furniture.

1885 H. Finch-Hatton Advance Australia! xvii. 272 On the western slopes, rose-wood, myall, dead-finish, plum-tree..all woods with a fine grain suitable for cabinet-making.

1906 U. Sinclair Jungle xxvii. 340 Those golden hours when he, too, had a place beneath the shadow of the plum tree.

1992 Canad. Gardening June 40 An espaliered plum tree..is trained into a fan shape over the bench on the long wall.

2. North American. figurative. The source of the rewards of political office, esp. political patronage. to shake the plum tree: to obtain or distribute such rewards.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > [noun] > source of

revenue?a1439

revenuable1610

sponge1625

plum tree1893

trough1906

cash cow1975

1893 Atlanta Constit. 4 Apr. 6/6 Senator Vilas seems to be right up in the plum tree and sitting straddle of the main limb.

1897 Courier (Connellsville, Pa.) 22 Jan. He would stand close to the Old Man when he shook the plum tree of patronage.

1898 Times 7 Oct. 3/4 One telegram..said:—‘If you buy and carry 1,000 Met. [sc. orders for the stock of the Metropolitan Railroad of New York] for me, I will shake the plum tree.’

1905 D. G. Phillips Plum Tree ii. 24 I mentally called the roll—wealth, respectability, honor, all on their knees before Dominick, each with his eye upon the branch of the plum tree that bore the kind of fruit he fancied.

1933 Sun (Baltimore) 23 May 14/1 The thought uppermost in everybody's mind at the gathering at which James was the guest of honor was: When will you shake the plum tree?

1993 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 20 Apr. a10 I am wondering if the plum tree that rewarded [his] ex-wife..also grows in Lanark County.

Compounds

plum tree gum n. gum collected from the plum tree, used chiefly medicinally (now historical); also in extended and figurative use, later with allusion to quot. 1604.

ΚΠ

c1450 Med. Recipes (BL Add. 33996) in F. Heinrich Mittelengl. Medizinbuch (1896) 220 Tak gomme of chyrytrees or of plumtrees.]

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. ii. 200 Old men haue gray beards.., their eyes purging thick Amber, & plumtree gum .

1716 tr. J. P. de Tournefort Materia Medica (ed. 2) i. §5. iii. 202 In defect of Mastick, you may use Cherry-Tree or Plum-Tree Gum in Apophlegmatisms.

1772 tr. P.-J. Buc'hoz Toilet of Flora 81 A Beautifying Wash. Put into a cucurbit five pints of French brandy,..three ounces of Plumb-tree-gum, two ounces of Litharge of Silver, [etc.].

1878 Harper's Mag. Apr. 698/2 The colors were mixed in water in which either cherry or plum tree gum had been dissolved, and were then applied with a brush.

1953 J. F. Byrne Silent Years i. 3 About this period, I suffered from tender ‘plum-tree gum’ eyes. Cousin Mary brought me to Vincent's Hospital where I was treated, but to no avail.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	plum tree
释义	plum treen. Brit. /ˈplʌm triː/, U.S. /ˈpləm ˌtri/ Forms: see plum n. and tree n.; also 1600s ploomtresse (plural). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: plum n., tree n. Etymology: < plum n. + tree n. 1. A tree bearing plums or plum-like fruit; the wood of such a tree. Cf. plum n. 2, 3. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > trees or plants bearing stone fruit > plum-tree plumeOE plum treeeOE prune1585 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [adjective] > of plum-tree plum tree?c1475 eOE Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) iii. v. 310 Nim plum treowes leaf wyl on wine & swile mid þone muþ. OE Ælfric Gram. (St. John's Oxf.) 20 Haec prunus, ðis plumtreow, hoc prunum, seo plyme. a1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesworth (Cambr.) (1929) 672 (MED) Ore le fraunceis des arbres du verger..pruner [glossed] plontre [v.r. plum tre]. c1350 Nominale (Cambr. Ee.4.20) in Trans. Philol. Soc. (1906) 20* Pruner creker et chene, plumtre bolastre and hookus. c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. v. 16 (MED) Piries and Plomtres [v.rr. plumtres, plomtrees] weore passchet to þe grounde. ?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 159 (MED) Þe buriouns and þe fruyte or þei be ripe off þe oke, of pere tree and appel tre, of ploumme tre..and of oþere sucche. c1450 Med. Recipes (BL Add. 33996) in F. Heinrich Mittelengl. Medizinbuch (1896) 224 (MED) Seþ leues of þe whyte plomtre. ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 97^v A Plowmtre garth, prunetum. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Plumbe tree, prunus, spinus; prunetum, spinetum, the place wher plumme trees growe. 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry f. 32 Peach plumtree & chery. 1653 R. Austen Treat. Fruit-trees 56 The Violet, and Premorden plum-trees, are very great bearing trees. 1683 in V. Chinnery Oak Furnit. (1979) 162 Plum-tree wood. 1708 E. Arwaker Truth in Fiction iii. i. 194 As he, one Morn, an early Ramble took, He saw a Plum-tree, hanging o'er a Brook. 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. II. 338 This tree is an ever-green, with leaves resembling those of a pear or plumb-tree. 1824 Hobart Town Gaz. 1 Oct. Colonial Timber may at any time be purchased of an inhabitant of this town... Plum Tree, for furniture. 1885 H. Finch-Hatton Advance Australia! xvii. 272 On the western slopes, rose-wood, myall, dead-finish, plum-tree..all woods with a fine grain suitable for cabinet-making. 1906 U. Sinclair Jungle xxvii. 340 Those golden hours when he, too, had a place beneath the shadow of the plum tree. 1992 Canad. Gardening June 40 An espaliered plum tree..is trained into a fan shape over the bench on the long wall. 2. North American. figurative. The source of the rewards of political office, esp. political patronage. to shake the plum tree: to obtain or distribute such rewards. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > [noun] > source of revenue?a1439 revenuable1610 sponge1625 plum tree1893 trough1906 cash cow1975 1893 Atlanta Constit. 4 Apr. 6/6 Senator Vilas seems to be right up in the plum tree and sitting straddle of the main limb. 1897 Courier (Connellsville, Pa.) 22 Jan. He would stand close to the Old Man when he shook the plum tree of patronage. 1898 Times 7 Oct. 3/4 One telegram..said:—‘If you buy and carry 1,000 Met. [sc. orders for the stock of the Metropolitan Railroad of New York] for me, I will shake the plum tree.’ 1905 D. G. Phillips Plum Tree ii. 24 I mentally called the roll—wealth, respectability, honor, all on their knees before Dominick, each with his eye upon the branch of the plum tree that bore the kind of fruit he fancied. 1933 Sun (Baltimore) 23 May 14/1 The thought uppermost in everybody's mind at the gathering at which James was the guest of honor was: When will you shake the plum tree? 1993 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 20 Apr. a10 I am wondering if the plum tree that rewarded [his] ex-wife..also grows in Lanark County. Compounds plum tree gum n. gum collected from the plum tree, used chiefly medicinally (now historical); also in extended and figurative use, later with allusion to quot. 1604. ΚΠ c1450 Med. Recipes (BL Add. 33996) in F. Heinrich Mittelengl. Medizinbuch (1896) 220 Tak gomme of chyrytrees or of plumtrees.] 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. ii. 200 Old men haue gray beards.., their eyes purging thick Amber, & plumtree gum . View more context for this quotation 1716 tr. J. P. de Tournefort Materia Medica (ed. 2) i. §5. iii. 202 In defect of Mastick, you may use Cherry-Tree or Plum-Tree Gum in Apophlegmatisms. 1772 tr. P.-J. Buc'hoz Toilet of Flora 81 A Beautifying Wash. Put into a cucurbit five pints of French brandy,..three ounces of Plumb-tree-gum, two ounces of Litharge of Silver, [etc.]. 1878 Harper's Mag. Apr. 698/2 The colors were mixed in water in which either cherry or plum tree gum had been dissolved, and were then applied with a brush. 1953 J. F. Byrne Silent Years i. 3 About this period, I suffered from tender ‘plum-tree gum’ eyes. Cousin Mary brought me to Vincent's Hospital where I was treated, but to no avail. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.eOE
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