1. Evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan
   "The Japanese plum trees were heavy with golden fruit";
   - loquat, loquat tree, Japanese medlar, Eriobotrya japonica
    
2. Small tree of China and Japan bearing large yellow to red plums usually somewhat inferior to European plums in flavour
   - Prunus salicina
    
3. Yellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone and relatively little flesh; used for jellies
   "Japanese plums grow well in Mediterranean climates";
   - loquat

Derived forms: Japanese plums

Type of: edible fruit, fruit tree, plum, plum tree

Part of: Eriobotrya, genus Eriobotrya

Encyclopedia: Japanese plum