Japanese plum

/ˌˈdʒæpəˌˈniz pləm/

Other forms: Japanese plums

Definitions of Japanese plum

1. noun

   small tree of China and Japan bearing large yellow to red plums usually somewhat inferior to European plums in flavor
   synonyms: Prunus salicina

   type of:

   plum, plum tree

   any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone
2. noun

   evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan
   synonyms: Eriobotrya japonica, Japanese medlar, loquat, loquat tree

   type of:

   fruit tree

   tree bearing edible fruit
3. noun

   yellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone and relatively little flesh; used for jellies
   synonyms: loquat

   type of:

   edible fruit

   edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh