also: みうめ
Japanese apricot; ume fruit
Refers to the fruit of the Japanese apricot tree (Prunus mume), commonly used in pickles (umeboshi) and plum wine.
I pickle ume fruit in salt to make umeboshi.
These ume fruits are still green.
Standard spelling for 'ume fruit'.
Rare alternative spelling; reading is みうめ.
Compound of 梅 (ume, 'Japanese apricot') + の (possessive particle) + 実 (mi, 'fruit'). The alternative form 実梅 uses the same characters in reverse order with the reading みうめ.