Austral English / A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia

by Edward Ellis Morris

<hw>Plum, Grey</hw>, <i>n</i>. (1) A timber-tree. One of the names for <i>Cargillia pentamera</i>, F. v. M., <i>N.O. Ebenaceae</i>. Wood used for tool-handles. (2) Provincial name for the <i>Caper-Tree</i> (q.v.).

<hw>Plum, Native</hw>, or <hw>Wild Plum</hw>, <i>n</i>. another name for the <i>Brush-Apple</i>. See <i>Apple</i>. The <i>Native Plum</i>, peculiar to Tasmania, and called also <i>Port-Arthur Plum</i>, is <i>Cenarrhenes nitida</i>, Lab., <i>N.O. Proteaceae</i>.

<hw>Plum, Queensland</hw>, <i>n</i>. i.q. <i>Sweet Plum</i> (q.v. infra).

<hw>Plum, Sour</hw>, <i>n</i>. another name for <i>Emu-Apple</i> (q.v.).

<hw>Plum, Sweet</hw>, <i>n</i>. a wild fruit, <i>Owenia venosa</i>, F. v. M., <i>N.O. Meliaceae</i>.

1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 49:

"Queensland Plum, Sweet Plum. This plant bears a fine juicy red fruit with a large stone. . . . It is both palatable and refreshing."

<hw>Plum, White</hw>, <i>n</i>. local name for <i>Acacia</i> (q.v.).

<hw>Plum, Wild</hw>, <i>n</i>. i.q. <i>Native Plum</i> (q.v.).

<hw>Plum-tree</hw>, <i>n</i>. the tree, <i>Buchanania mangoides</i>, F. v. M., <i>N.O. Anacardiaceae</i>.