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

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

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

1. : any of numerous large showy usually yellow to light red cultivated plums that are sometimes inferior to European plums in flavor

2. : any of numerous plum trees derived from a Chinese tree (Prunus salicina) that are somewhat less hardy than most European and American plum trees and produce Japanese plums

3. : loquat

1. a small tree, Prunus salicina, native to China, bearing edible yellowish fruit.

2. a related shrub, P. japonica, native to China and Korea, having pink flowers and edible red fruit.

3. the fruit of either of these.

4. loquat.

[1900-05]

Japanese plum,

a very sweet and juicy yellow, red, or purple plum, native to Japan but now grown commercially, especially in California; salicina plum.