Basic Guidelines For English Spellings
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1Any plum having a yellow skin and pale flesh; (also) any species or cultivated variety of plum tree producing such fruit, specifically the North American species Prunus americana.
2The yellow mombin, Spondias mombin, or its juicy yellow-orange fruit (now rare).
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Abraham Hartwell (d. 1606).