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  • noun Japanese apricot, a species of Asian plum, Prunus mume.

Etymologies

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From Japanese (うめ, ume).

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Examples

  • Leave a reply shia: @j1m0ne: it was a solo, Just that I sang twice >. > @ume: You were'nt there to sing across me, so I ... ume: (゚ ∀ ゚) o彡°shia! shia!

    AnimeBlogger.net Antenna 2009

  • Even bet­ter, the vol­ume is a won­der to behold: sim­ple, slim, elegant.

    Buy This Book « Snarkmarket 2006

  • And I don’t think it’s giv­ing any­thing away to say that the big theme of this vol­ume is leadership.

    On Leadership « Snarkmarket 2005

  • The ume is the Japanese plum, and when the plum blooms in March, it is a sign that spring is just around the corner.

    Matsuri report » Japundit Blog 2005

  • Ia manawa, ku mai la ka mea ume a kaapuni ae la a puni ka aha, hoi mai la a kau aku la i ka maile ia Hauailiki me ke oli ana, a ku mai la o

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Eastern Medicine home remedy is called ume-sho-bancha (see below) If I'm feeling like I'm coming down with something (or someone in my family is), I'll drink this once a day for a three-day period.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Meg Wolff 2011

  • Prunus mume, commonly known as ume or Japanese apricot, or Chinese plum is a species of Asian plum in the family Rosaceae.

    Edhat Santa Barbara 2009

  • Lotte has been creating delicious flavors of chewing gum in Japan for decades, and they've recently renewed their flagship "ume" (oo-MEH) or Japanese Plum flavored gum, introducing a new taste and beautiful new packaging.

    Recently updated products at JBOX.com 2010

  • He 'eiwa makahiki ka lō'ihi o ke' ā'ume'ume 'ana aku, a

    Starbulletin Headlines 2010

  • Lotte has been creating delicious flavors of chewing gum in Japan for decades, and they've recently renewed their flagship "ume" (oo-MEH) or Japanese Plum flavored gum, introducing a new taste and beautiful new packaging.

    Recently updated products at JBOX.com 2010

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