Japanese plum

American  

noun

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.

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Etymology

Origin of Japanese plum

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Taki even grows a small number of ume plums, used to make Japanese plum wine and “umeboshi” salted plums.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 12, 2021

Instead of growing upright, most Japanese plum trees grow outward, though it’s rare to see one go to such lengths as Chip’s, obviously happy on a gentle, sun-facing slope.

From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2017

Shiro is a variety of Japanese plum, and hence its growth habit is quite different from that of European plums.

From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2017

You need another Japanese plum that blooms at the same time to pollinate your tree.

From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2017

When we cross the native plum with the Japanese plum, we obtain seedlings that combine in a fair measure the hardiness of the native plum with the size and quality of the Japanese plum.

From Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 by Latham, A. W.