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Loquat
//ˈloʊkwɑt// noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any of species Eriobotrya japonica of trees (Japanese medlar, Chinese plum, Japanese plum).
"Japan Mespilus, or Loquat."
- 2 yellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone and relatively little flesh; used for jellies wordnet
- 3 The fruit of this tree. It is as large as a small plum, but grows in clusters, and contains four or five large seeds.
- 4 evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan wordnet
Etymology
Borrowed from Cantonese 盧橘 /卢橘 (lou⁴ gwat¹).
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