umeboshi


u·me·bo·shi

U0016450 (o͞o′mə-bō′shē)n. pl. umeboshi The pickled and often dried fruit of the Japanese apricot tree. The fruit are often referred to as "plums."
[Japanese : ume, Japanese apricot (from Old Japanese ume, mume, of Old Chinese origin; akin to Cantonese mui4 and Mandarin méi, both from Middle Chinese mwəj) + boshi, combining form (with regular change of h to b) of hoshi, a drying, verbal noun of hosu, to dry (from Old Japanese posu).]