Java plum

English

Noun

Java plum (countable and uncountable, plural Java plums)

  1. Certain fruit-bearing tropical trees:
    1. Any member of the species Syzygium cumini, native to south Asia, southeast Asia, and Malesia, widely introduced.
      Synonyms: Malabar plum, jambolan, black plum, Malabar plum, jamun, jaman, jambul, Indian blackberry.
    2. A hog plum or yellow mombin (Spondias mombin), of the tropical Americas.
  2. Fruit of such trees.

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