Japanese plum

Noun

Meaning

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

evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

loquat Japanese medlar Prunus salicina Eriobotrya japonica loquat tree plum tree apricot tree biwa apricot kernels Chinese plum plum trees Japanese apricot medlar tree japan medlar chinese plum tree

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Hypernyms

plum plum tree fruit tree edible fruit

Examples

Promises that you make to yourself are often like the Japanese plum tree - they bear no fruit. Francis Marion

From this diversity only two species, the hexaploid European plum (Prunus domestica) and the diploid Japanese plum (Prunus salicina and hybrids), are of worldwide commercial significance. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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