| plumb | lead [Lat. plumbum] |
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| PPV | Plum Pox Virus |
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| plum | A knot; a cluster; a group; a crowd; a flock; as, a plump of trees, fowls, or spears. "To visit islands and the plumps of men." (Chapman) 1. <botany> The edible drupaceous fruit of the Prunus domestica, and of several other species of Prunus; also, the tree itself, usually called plum tree. "The bullace, the damson, and the numerous varieties of plum, of our gardens, although growing into thornless trees, are believed to be varieties of the blackthorn, produced by long cultivation." (G. Bentham) Two or three hundred varieties of plums derived from the Prunus domestica are described; among them the greengage, the Orleans, the purple gage, or Reine Claude Violette, and the German prune, are some of the best known. Among the true plums are; Beach plum, the Prunus maritima, and its crimson or purple globular drupes, Bullace plum. See Bullace. Chickasaw plum, the American Prunus Chicasa, and its round red drupes. Orleans plum, a dark reddish purple plum of medium size, much grown in England for sale in the markets. Wild plum of America, Prunus Americana, with red or yellow fruit, the original of the Iowa plum and several other varieties. Among plants called plum, but of other genera than Prunus, are; Australian plum, Cargillia arborea and C. Australis, of the same family with the persimmon. Blood plum, the West African Haematostaphes Barteri. Cocoa plum, the Spanish nectarine. See Nectarine. Date plum. See Date. Gingerbread plum, the West African Parinarium macrophyllum. Gopher plum, the Ogeechee lime. Gray plum, Guinea plum. See Guinea. Indian plum, several species of Flacourtia. 2. A grape dried in the sun; a raisin. 3. A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant language, the sum of |
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| plum pox virus | A species of the genus potyvirus that affects many species of prunus. It is transmitted by aphids and by infected rootstocks. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pluma | Origin: L. <zoology> A feather. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plumage | <zoology> The entire clothing of a bird. It consist of the contour feathers, or the ordinary feathers covering the head, neck, and body; the tail feathers, with their upper and lower coverts; the wing feathers, including primaries, secondaries, and tertiaries, with their coverts; and the down which lies beneath the contour feathers. Origin: F, from plume a feather. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plumbagin | <chemistry> A crystalline substance said to be found in the root of a certain plant of the Leadwort (Plumbago) family. Origin: L. Plumbago leadwort, fr. Plumbum lead; cf. F. Plombagin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plumbagineous | <botany> Pertaining to natural order (Plumbagineae) of gamopetalous herbs, of which plumbago is the type. The order includes also the marsh rosemary, the thrift, and a few other genera. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plumbago | 1. <chemical> Same as Graphite. 2. <botany> A genus of herbaceous plants with pretty salver-shaped corollas, usually blue or violet; leadwort. Origin: L, from plumbum lead. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plumbic | <chemistry> Of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing, lead; used specifically to designate those compounds in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with plumbous compounds; as, plumbic oxide. Origin: From Plumbum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plumbism | <medicine> A diseased condition, produced by the absorption of lead, common among workers in this metal or in its compounds, as among painters, typesetters, etc. It is characterised by various symptoms, as lead colic, lead line, and wrist drop. See Colic, Lead, and Wrist. Origin: From Plumbum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plumbous | <chemistry> Of, pertaining to, or containing, lead; used specifically to designate those compounds in which it has a lower valence as contrasted with plumbic compounds. Origin: From Plumbum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plumbum | <chemistry> The technical name of lead. See Lead. Origin: L. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plume | 1. A feather; especially, a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather. "Wings . . . Of many a coloured plume." (Milton) 2. <zoology> An ornamental tuft of feathers. 3. A feather, or group of feathers, worn as an ornament; a waving ornament of hair, or other material resembling feathers. "His high plume, that nodded o'er his head." (Dryden) 4. A token of honor or prowess; that on which one prides himself; a prize or reward. "Ambitious to win from me some plume." 5. <botany> A large and flexible panicle of inflorescence resembling a feather, such as is seen in certain large ornamental grasses. <zoology> Plume bird, any bird that yields ornamental plumes, especially the species of Epimarchus from new Guinea, and some of the herons and egrets, as the white heron of Florida (Ardea candidissima). Plume grass. <botany> An aromatic Australian tree (Atherosperma moschata), whose numerous carpels are tipped with long plumose persistent styles. Origin: F, fr. L. Pluma. Cf. Fly. 1. To pick and adjust the plumes or feathers of; to dress or prink. "Pluming her wings among the breezy bowers." (W. Irving) 2. To strip of feathers; to pluck; to strip; to pillage; also, to peel. 3. To adorn with feathers or plumes. "Farewell the plumed troop." 4. To pride; to vaunt; to boast; used reflexively; as, he plumes himself on his skill. <medicine> Plumed adder, the California mountain quail (Oreortyx pictus). See Mountain quail, under Mountain. Origin: Cf. F. Plumer to pluck, to strip, L. Plumare to cover with feathers. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plumicorn | <zoology> An ear tuft of feathers, as in the horned owls. Origin: L. Pluma feather + cornu horn. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plumiped | <zoology> Having feet covered with feathers. A plumiped bird. Origin: L. Plumipes, -edis; pluma a feather + pes: cf. F. Plumipede. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Plummer's dilator | An instrument for dilating the lower end of the oesophagus in cardiospasm; it consists of a rubber tube with a perforated metal tip, and a dilatable elongated balloon near its lower end; in difficult cases the tube is threaded along a guiding thread swallowed by the patient. (05 Mar 2000) |
| natal plum | <botany> The drupaceous fruit of two South African shrubs of the genus Arduina (A. Bispinosa and A. Grandiflora). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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Synonyms : Plum Pox Viruses, Pox Virus, Plum, Pox Viruses, Plum, Virus, Plum Pox, Viruses, Plum Pox
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Synonyms : Patterson-Kelly Syndrome, Syndrome, Plummer-Vinson, Patterson Kelly Syndrome, Plummer Vinson Syndrome, Syndrome, Patterson-Kelly, Syndrome, Plummer Vinson
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relating to or consisting of lead
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| plumbism |
lead poisoning: toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system
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| plumose |
plumate: having an ornamental plume or feathery tuft
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| plumbago |
graphite: used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors any plumbaginaceous plant of the genus Plumbago
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| plumbism |
Lead poisoning is a condition, also known as plumbism or painter's colic, caused by increased levels of blood serum lead levels. The average person has less than 10 micrograms per deciliter, or 100 parts per billion, ppb, of lead in their blood serum. People who have been exposed to an unusual amount of lead will have lead serum levels higher than 200 ppb—most clinical symptoms of lead poisoning begin at around 100 ppb. ...
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| plum | any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval smooth-skinned fruit with a single pit |
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| plum | any of several trees producing edible oval smooth-skinned fruit with a single hard stone |
| plum | (slang) completely |
| plum | (informal) exactly |
| plum | a rich steamed or boiled cake-like pudding |
| plum | for Chinese dishes: plum preserves and chutney |
| plum | oblong cherry tomato |
| plum | a kind of cherry tomato that has an oblong shape |
| plum | any of several trees producing edible oval smooth-skinned fruit with a single hard stone |
| plum | South American evergreen tree or shrub |
| plum | any of several evergreen trees and shrubs of eastern Asia resembling yew and having large seeds enclosed in a fleshy envelope |
| plum | a family of Cephalotaxaceae |
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