beach plum

noun

: a shrubby plum (Prunus maritima) having white flowers and growing chiefly along the northeastern coast of North America

also : its edible usually dark purple fruit that is used especially in preserves

Examples of beach plum in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Insects, crustaceans, bayberries and beach plums await the roughly one million birds that rest here before continuing south. —Adam Erace, WSJ, 12 Oct. 2023

Native plants like bluestem grass, bayberry, and beach plum were cultivated to give texture and guide the sight lines. —Chloe Schama, Vogue, 2 Mar. 2023

Christmas points to the unique nature of the beach plum as a driving force. —Emily Lytle, baltimoresun.com, 13 Sep. 2021

Cranberry and beach plum picking in Newburyport and Plum Island draws crowds every year, but the US Fish and Wildlife Service wants to remind people that only 50 permits are available. —Annika Hom, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2019

Fifty free permits for picking beach plums and cranberries are available in the lottery. —Morgan Hughes, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2018

Image Josephine’s Feast, a Brooklyn producer of preserves and condiments made mostly from local ingredients (even foraged beach plums), has welcomed summer with a fragrant new flavor, strawberries and pink Champagne. —New York Times, 21 May 2018

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Word History

First Known Use

1741, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

beach plum

noun

: a shrubby plum with showy flowers that grows along the Atlantic coast of the northern U.S. and Canada

also : its dark purple fruit often used in preserves