A bundle of rods, having among them an ax with the blade
projecting, borne before the Roman magistrates as a badge of their
authority.
1. (Bot.) The edible drupaceous fruit of the Prunus domestica, and of several other species of Prunus; also, the tree itself, usually called plum tree. The bullace, the damson, and the numerous varieties of plum, of our gardens, although growing into t...
