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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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

Word History

First Known Use

1893, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Japanese plum was in 1893

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“Japanese plum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Japanese%20plum. Accessed 25 Jan. 2025.

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