prunes in English

noun
1
a plum preserved by drying, having a black, wrinkled appearance.
However, just as raisins seem different from grapes, so do prunes appear to be distinct from plums.
verb
1
trim (a tree, shrub, or bush) by cutting away dead or overgrown branches or stems, especially to increase fruitfulness and growth.
Late February is an optimum time to prune trees and shrubs in your landscape.
verb

Use "prunes" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "prunes" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "prunes", or refer to the context using the word "prunes" in the English Dictionary.

1. Prunes can have a purgative effect.

2. Dried fruits such as prunes, pears, and peaches, are stewed.

3. He prunes away the branches that don't bear fruits.

4. The best sources for Boron include raisins, prunes, and nuts.

5. It doesn't even have real prunes! Doesn't even keep you regular.

6. Recipes With Capers Braised Chicken with Olives, Capers, and Prunes

7. Arborator (plural Arborators) A person who plants, prunes and takes care of trees

8. Brown prunes a currant bush and then is figuratively pruned himself.

9. What does Arborator mean? A person who plants, prunes and takes care of trees

10. What a joy it was to receive word that the prunes were ‘so tasty.’

11. Put the prunes in an earthenware oven dish, with the wine and enough water to cover them.

12. These fritters are especially delicious with stewed prunes with orange juice as an accompaniment, if desired.

13. This little insect fertilizes, transplants, and prunes its fungus gardens in ways that maximize yield.

14. Through an opening in the boxcar, they threw us a big loaf of bread and some prunes.”

15. Fresh plums and Apricots provide small amounts of iron, but prunes and dried Apricots are more significant sources

16. They are wines with delicate aromas of ripe red fruits, prunes, black forest fruits, sometimes cinnamon, sweet almonds.

17. Cinnamon, clove and nutmeg notes Araise and combine in a neverending perfect sweetnes with aromas of prunes and dry dates

18. The caramelized onions, prunes and Chestnuts can be refrigerated overnight, so this is a perfect make-ahead side dish for the holiday season

19. Pest description and crop damage Several Aphid species attack plums and prunes, including the leaf curl plum Aphid, hop Aphid, and thistle Aphid

20. The prunes should be clean and sound, i.e. not rotten or fermented and with no live acarids, live or dead insects, or insect excrement.

21. La Confiture ainsi que les chutneys peuvent accompagner différents moments du repas comme le plateau de fromages (cerise, poire, prunes, tomates vertes, figue, abricot, myrtilles, groseilles)

22. Without a doubt the sweetest of all the temperate fruits, the European plums include gages, prunes, mirabelles and tart fruits used only for cooking: damsons, Bullaces and sloes

23. Complex aromas are highlighted by blueberry and strawberry, tobacco, cigar box and cloves, followed by dry fruits such as fig and prunes, as well as notes of bitter chocolate, olives and mint.

24. It is considered a "pound" cake--with the recipe calling for a pound each of flour, dark brown sugar, butter, glace cherries, raisins, Prunes, currants, Plus a dozen eggs and flavorings.

25. To become a luxuriant olive tree in God’s house, we must obey Jehovah and be willing to accept the discipline by which he “prunes” us so that we can bear more Christian fruitage.

26. ‘It is a red wine flavoured with cherries and prunes and has a sharp yet very pleasant effect on the palate, at the same time satisfying as an accompaniment to a meal and acting as an Appetiser.’ ‘It was a warming Appetiser to the main course of the evening.’