Noun has 3 senses

• japanese plum(n = noun.plant) prunus salicina - small tree of China and Japan bearing large yellow to red plums usually somewhat inferior to European plums in flavor;


• japanese plum(n = noun.plant) eriobotrya japonica, japanese medlar, loquat, loquat tree - evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan;




• japanese plum(n = noun.food) loquat - yellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone and relatively little flesh; used for jellies;