Japanese plum
Japanese plum · Japanese plums
A fruit tree, Prunus mumeA fruit tree, Prunus mume.
» I love making foreigners try Japanese pickled plums.
Meaning
2 sensesA fruit tree, Prunus mume.
A fruit tree, Prunus salicina.
More definitions
- small tree of China and Japan bearing large yellow to red plums usually somewhat inferior to European plums in flavor
- 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
Examples
4 sentencesI love making foreigners try Japanese pickled plums.
A pluot is a cross between a Japanese plum and an apricot.
Umeshu is Japanese plum wine.
ruУмэсю - это японское сливовое вино. — marafon
deUmeshu ist japanischer Pflaumenwein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
"Why are you making that face?" "I ate some Japanese pickled plums, and they were really salty."
Forms
plural: Japanese plums| Singular | Japanese plum |
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Synonyms
5 synonymsClose in meaning
- small tree of China and Japan bearing large yellow to red plums usually somewhat inferior to European plums in flavor:Prunus salicina
- yellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone and relatively little flesh; used for jellies:loquat
- evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan:loquatloquat treeJapanese medlarEriobotrya japonica