Japanese plum
1. small tree of China and Japan bearing large yellow to red plums usually somewhat inferior to European plums in flavor • Syn: Prunus salicina • Hypernyms: plum, plum tree 2. evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan • Syn: loquat, loquat tree, Japanese medlar, Eriobotrya japonica • Hypernyms: fruit tree • Member Holonyms: Eriobotrya, genus Eriobotrya • Part Meronyms: loquat 3. yellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone and relatively little flesh; used for jellies • Syn: loquat • Hypernyms: edible fruit • Part Holonyms: loquat, loquat tree, Japanese medlar, Eriobotrya japonica
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