[syn: loquat, Japanese plum]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Japanese plum
    n 1: small tree of China and Japan bearing large yellow to red
         plums usually somewhat inferior to European plums in flavor
         [syn: Japanese plum, Prunus salicina]
    2: evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-
       sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and
       Japan [syn: loquat, loquat tree, Japanese medlar,
       Japanese plum, Eriobotrya japonica]
    3: yellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone
       and relatively little flesh; used for jellies [syn: loquat,
       Japanese plum]