| 1. | a small tree, Prunus cerasifera, bearing edible yellow or reddish fruit. |
| 2. | the fruit of this tree. |
| cherry plum n. A deciduous ornamental Eurasian shrub or small tree (Prunus cerasifera) in the rose family, having white flowers and small red to yellow edible fruits. Also called myrobalan, myrobalan plum. |