plum pocket

noun

1

: a disease of plums caused by either of two fungi (Taphrina pruni and T. communis) and characterized by abortion of the stone leaving a cavity within the swollen distorted fruit

—usually used in plural

2

: a fruit affected with plum pockets

called also bladder plum

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