Japanese plum
noun
: a small plum tree (Prunus salicina) native to China and cultivated especially in Japan for its large sweet usually yellow to light red fruit
also
: its fruit
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Chinese and Japanese plum trees, for instance, produce plums with an oblong shape, while European plum trees produce round fruit.
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Daryl Austin, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
Infused with 12-hour time-release vitamin C, this formula also features Japanese plum and ferulic acid to help protect your skin from free radical damage.
—Denise Primbet, Glamour, 21 Feb. 2025
Guests ate watercress sandwiches and sipped a cocktail invented by O’Donoghue: the Soiled Kimono, two parts champagne and one part Japanese plum wine.
—Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
Tatcha’s Brightening Collection is comprised of two new products, The Brightening Serum and The Brightening Eye Cream, with Japanese plum as the hero ingredient.
—Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Some unusual trees include the Chinese fringe tree, Chinese pistachio and Japanese plum yew.
—Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
Several Japanese plum trees, for instance, which are usually the earliest flowering trees, already blossomed around the National Mall in late January.
—Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 25 Feb. 2023
Think: shiso, togarashi, Japanese plum, yuzu, and of course, lychee.
—Karla Alindahao, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2022
In past years Japanese plum, also called loquat, was used effectively as a road border or shade tree transition because it was disciplined and grew well in our climate and soil and in the sun or the shade.
—Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 6 May 2022
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Daryl Austin, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
Infused with 12-hour time-release vitamin C, this formula also features Japanese plum and ferulic acid to help protect your skin from free radical damage.
—Denise Primbet, Glamour, 21 Feb. 2025
Guests ate watercress sandwiches and sipped a cocktail invented by O’Donoghue: the Soiled Kimono, two parts champagne and one part Japanese plum wine.
—Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
Tatcha’s Brightening Collection is comprised of two new products, The Brightening Serum and The Brightening Eye Cream, with Japanese plum as the hero ingredient.
—Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Some unusual trees include the Chinese fringe tree, Chinese pistachio and Japanese plum yew.
—Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
Several Japanese plum trees, for instance, which are usually the earliest flowering trees, already blossomed around the National Mall in late January.
—Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 25 Feb. 2023
Think: shiso, togarashi, Japanese plum, yuzu, and of course, lychee.
—Karla Alindahao, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2022
In past years Japanese plum, also called loquat, was used effectively as a road border or shade tree transition because it was disciplined and grew well in our climate and soil and in the sun or the shade.
—Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 6 May 2022
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“Japanese plum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Japanese%20plum. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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