plum tree - any of several trees producing edible oval smooth-skinned fruit with a single hard stoneplum - any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval smooth-skinned fruit with a single pit genus Prunus, Prunus - a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions big-tree plum, Prunus mexicana - small tree of southwestern United States having purplish-red fruit sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its large leaves Japanese plum, Prunus salicina - small tree of China and Japan bearing large yellow to red plums usually somewhat inferior to European plums in flavor |