japanese plum

Noun

• 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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  loquat , Japanese plum , loquat tree , Japanese medlar , Eriobotrya japonica , Prunus salicina