| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| japanese plum | |
noun | |
| 1. | small tree of China and Japan bearing large yellow to red plums usually somewhat inferior to European plums in flavor |
| 2. | evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan [syn: loquat] |
| 3. | yellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone and relatively little flesh; used for jellies [syn: loquat] |