Definition of Prunus salicina

1. Noun. Small tree of China and Japan bearing large yellow to red plums usually somewhat inferior to European plums in flavor.

Exact synonyms: Japanese Plum
Generic synonyms: Plum, Plum Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prunus Salicina

Prunus incisa
Prunus insititia
Prunus japonica
Prunus laurocerasus
Prunus lyonii
Prunus maritima
Prunus mexicana
Prunus mume
Prunus nigra
Prunus padus
Prunus pensylvanica
Prunus persica
Prunus persica nectarina
Prunus pumila
Prunus pumilla susquehanae
Prunus salicina (current term)
Prunus serotina
Prunus serrulata
Prunus sieboldii
Prunus spinosa
Prunus subcordata
Prunus subhirtella
Prunus susquehanae
Prunus tenella
Prunus triloba
Prunus virginiana
Prunus virginiana demissa
Pruss
Prussia
Prussian

Literary usage of Prunus salicina

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society by Shanghai Literary and Scientific Society, North-China Branch, China Branch (1920)
"Prunus salicina, Lindl. 11 »» tze tung pao tung yang kio Jang mi mi ts'ai lao mi kan mi mi ts'ai k'u fan mu k'u lien yu sung wu chen sung pai sung san chen ..."

2. China: An Interpretation by James Whitford Bashford (1916)
"... there is a fci peach, which sometimes weighs a pound, or even more. Plum: Prunus salicina (WI:xxvii) (W.II:27); P. triflora (81.358); ..."

3. A naturalist in western China: with vasculum, camera, and gun; being some by Ernest Henry Wilson, Charles Sprague Sargent (1913)
"... there is only a single species in eastern continental Asia (Prunus salicina Lindl.), confined to southern and Western China, no plum tree being found ..."

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