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Japanese plum

noun

Small tree of China and Japan bearing large yellow to red plums usually somewhat inferior to European plums in flavor. Synonym: Prunus salicina.

Evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan. Synonyms: Eriobotrya japonica, Japanese medlar, loquat, loquat tree.

Yellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone and relatively little flesh; used for jellies. Synonym: loquat.

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... I have a Japanese plum tree which bears choice plums. Three years ago a strong young shoot came up from the root of it, which I dug out and planted. Will it make a bearing tree in time and be of like ...

— One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered • E.J. Wickson