wild plum tree vs plum

plum vs wild plum tree

wild plum tree and plum both are nouns.

wild plum tree is not an adverb while plum is an adverb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
wild plum tree	Yes	No	No	No
plum	Yes	No	No	Yes

As nouns, plum is a hypernym of wild plum tree; that is, plum is a word with a broader meaning than wild plum tree:

wild plum tree: an uncultivated plum tree or shrub
plum: any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone

Other hypernyms of wild plum tree include plum tree.

wild plum tree (noun)	plum (noun)
an uncultivated plum tree or shrub	a highly desirable position or assignment
	any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit
	any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone

wild plum tree (adverb)	plum (adverb)
	exactly
	completely; used as intensifiers

Difference between wild plum tree and plum

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