Meaning of plum blossom | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see plum, blossom.
2. A tree, Prunus mume, native to East Asia bearing an apricot-like fruit; the Japanese apricot or Chinese plum.
3. The blossom of the tree.

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Examples

“The one hundred poems and images of flowering plum blossoms published in book form⟳ c.1238 by Song Boren [92] make⟳ up the earliest Chinese illustrated book where the pictures are meant as objects of aesthetic appreciation in their own⟳ right”

“The plum is associated with the start⟳ of spring⟳, because plum blossoms are some of the first blossoms to open⟳ during the year. In most areas of Japan, including Tokyo, they typically flower in February and March⟳.”

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