Japanese plum

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Jap′anese plum′, 

1. Plant Biology a small tree, Prunus salicina, native to China, bearing edible yellowish fruit.
2. Plant Biology a related shrub, P. japonica, native to China and Korea, having pink flowers and edible red fruit.
3. Plant Biology the fruit of either of these.
4. Plant Biology loquat.
• 1900–05