Japanese plum meaning

Japanese plum as a noun

1. small tree of China and Japan bearing large yellow to red plums usually somewhat inferior to European plums in flavor

   Synonyms: Prunus salicina

   Type of: plum

2. evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan

   Synonyms: loquat, loquat tree, Japanese medlar, Eriobotrya japonica

   Type of: fruit tree

3. yellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone and relatively little flesh; used for jellies

   Synonyms: loquat

   Type of: edible fruit

Japanese plum in a sentence

• A pluot is a cross between a Japanese plum and an apricot.
• Umeshu is Japanese plum wine.

How to pronounce Japanese plum

Japanese plum is pronounced /ˌdʒæpəˈniːz plʌm/ in British English and /ˌdʒæpəˈniz plʌm/ in American English. It has 4 syllables.