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Indian plum

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The osoberry, (Oemleria cerasiformis), a shrub in the rose family, native to the Pacific coast of North America.

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noun

Meaning 2

Flacourtia jangomas, a rainforest tree in the willow family that is widely planted in Asia and Southeast Asia.

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: East Indian plum, Indian coffee plum, Indian cherry, puneala plum

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 3

Flacourtia indica, an Asian shrub often used as a living fence.

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: batoka plum, batoko plum, flacourtia, governor's plum, Madagascar plum, Mauritius plum, Rhodesian plum

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 4

The Indian jujube, (Ziziphus mauritiana), a fruit tree native to the Old World tropics.

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Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bengali: পানিয়ালা (paniẏala) — Flacourtia jangomas
  • Bengali: তালী (tali) — Flacourtia jangomas
  • Burmese: နရွဲ (na.rwai:) — Flacourtia jangomas
  • Chinese: 羅旦梅 /罗旦梅 — Flacourtia jangomas
  • Japanese: ナンヨウイヌカンコ (nan'yō-inukanko) — Flacourtia jangomas
  • Sanskrit: झटा (jhaṭā) — Flacourtia jangomas
  • Sanskrit: तामलकी (tāmalakī) — Flacourtia jangomas
  • Sanskrit: ताली (tālī) — Flacourtia jangomas
  • Sanskrit: तालीशपत्र (tālīśapatra) — Flacourtia jangomas
  • Sanskrit: पानीयामलक (pānīyāmalaka) — Flacourtia jangomas
  • Sanskrit: प्राचीनामलक (prācīnāmalaka) — Flacourtia jangomas
  • Sanskrit: वितुन्नक (vitunnaka) — Flacourtia jangomas
  • Sinhalese: රට උගුරැස්ස (raṭa uguræssa) — Flacourtia jangomas
  • Vietnamese: mùng quân — Flacourtia jangomas
  • Vietnamese: bồ quân — Flacourtia jangomas
  • Bengali: বৈঁচি (bōĩci) — Flacourtia indica
  • Bengali: বঁইচি (bõici) — Flacourtia indica
  • Japanese: テンジクイヌカンコ (tenjiku-inukanko) — Flacourtia indica
  • Japanese: インドルカム (indo-rukamu) — Flacourtia indica
  • Kikuyu: mũrũrũ — Flacourtia indica
  • Lao: ເກ່ງ (kēng) — Flacourtia indica
  • Sanskrit: कण्टकारी (kaṇṭakārī) — Flacourtia indica
  • Sanskrit: वैकङ्कत (vaikaṅkata) — Flacourtia indica
  • Sanskrit: स्वादुकण्टक (svādukaṇṭaka) — Flacourtia indica
  • Sinhalese: උගුරැස්ස (uguræssa) — Flacourtia indica
  • Swahili: mugovigovi — Flacourtia indica