Japanese medlar vs Japanese plum

Japanese plum vs Japanese medlar

Japanese medlar and Japanese plum both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Japanese medlar	Yes	No	No	No
Japanese plum	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Japanese medlar and Japanese plum are synonyms defined as:

Japanese medlar and Japanese plum: evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan

Other synonyms of Japanese medlar include Eriobotrya japonica, loquat, loquat tree.

Japanese medlar (noun)	Japanese plum (noun)
evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan	yellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone and relatively little flesh; used for jellies
	small tree of China and Japan bearing large yellow to red plums usually somewhat inferior to European plums in flavor
	evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan

Difference between Japanese medlar and Japanese plum

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