prune• One of the most important discriminators between plums and prunes is what their age means to them.• Besides, it has prunes in it, did you know that?• Deep lines grooved her prune of a face.• Put the prunes in an earthenwareovendish, with the wine and enough water to cover them.• An image that captures the dichotomy of possibilities in getting older is the plum versus the prune.• The prunes were good but with three extrastones in the juice Christopher wondered who might have been there before him.
Originprune1
(1300-1400)Old Frenchproignier, probably from provigner“to breed plants from shoots”, from Latinpropago; → PROPAGATE