hog plum

noun

1. yellow mombin.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hog plum¹

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.

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Salad selections include one made from grilled chicken, mint, leaves from the mango-related hog plum, lemongrass, red chilis and sweet chili paste.

From New York Times

Genips or hog plums are round green balls about the size of a large plum.

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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.

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

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