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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.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prunus Salicina
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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