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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Orleans \Or"le*ans\, n. [So called from the city of Orl['e]ans, in France.] 1. A cloth made of worsted and cotton, -- used for wearing apparel. 2. A variety of the plum. See under {Plum}. [Eng.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Note: Two or three hundred varieties of plums derived from the {Prunus domestica} are described; among them the {greengage}, the {Orleans}, the {purple gage}, or {Reine Claude Violette}, and the {German prune}, are some of the best known Note: Among the true plums are {Beach plum}, the {Prunus maritima}, and its crimson or purple globular drupes, {Bullace plum}. See {Bullace}. {Chickasaw plum}, the American {Prunus Chicasa}, and its round red drupes. {Orleans plum}, a dark reddish purple plum of medium size, much grown in England for sale in the markets. {Wild plum of America}, {Prunus Americana}, with red or yellow fruit, the original of the {Iowa plum} and several other varieties. Among plants called plum, but of other genera than {Prunus}, are {Australian plum}, {Cargillia arborea} and {C. australis}, of the same family with the persimmon. {Blood plum}, the West African {H[ae]matostaphes Barteri}. {Cocoa plum}, the Spanish nectarine. See under {Nectarine}. {Date plum}. See under {Date}. {Gingerbread plum}, the West African {Parinarium macrophyllum}. {Gopher plum}, the Ogeechee lime. {Gray plum}, {Guinea plum}. See under {Guinea}. {Indian plum}, several species of {Flacourtia}. 2. A grape dried in the sun; a raisin. 3. A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant language, the sum of [pounds]100,000 sterling; also the person possessing it {Plum bird}, {Plum budder} (Zo["o]l.), the European bullfinch. {Plum gouger} (Zo["o]l.), a weevil, or curculio ({Coccotorus scutellaris}), which destroys plums. It makes round holes in the pulp, for the reception of its eggs. The larva bores into the stone and eats the kernel. {Plum weevil} (Zo["o]l.), an American weevil which is very destructive to plums, nectarines cherries, and many other stone fruits. It lays its eggs in crescent-shaped incisions made with its jaws. The larva lives upon the pulp around the stone. Called also {turk}, and {plum curculio}. See Illust. under {Curculio}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Orleans n 1: a city on the Loire river in north central France; site of the siege of Orleans by the English (1428-1429) [syn: {Orleans}] 2: a long siege by the English was relieved by Joan of Arc in 1429 [syn: {Orleans}, {siege of Orleans}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Orleans, CA Zip code(s): 95556 Orleans, IA (city, FIPS 59655) Location: 43.44524 N, 95.09866 W Population (1990): 560 (469 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Orleans, IL Zip code(s): 62601 Orleans, IN (town, FIPS 57024) Location: 38.66202 N, 86.45289 W Population (1990): 2083 (920 housing units) Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 47452 Orleans, MA (CDP, FIPS 51405) Location: 41.79098 N, 70.00028 W Population (1990): 1699 (1182 housing units) Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 02653 Orleans, MI Zip code(s): 48865 Orleans, MN Zip code(s): 56735 Orleans, NE (village, FIPS 37420) Location: 40.13161 N, 99.45413 W Population (1990): 490 (272 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68966 Orleans, VT (village, FIPS 53575) Location: 44.81064 N, 72.20182 W Population (1990): 806 (390 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 05860
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