Loquat

//ˈloʊkwɑt// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of species Eriobotrya japonica of trees (Japanese medlar, Chinese plum, Japanese plum).

    "Japan Mespilus, or Loquat."

  2. 2
    yellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone and relatively little flesh; used for jellies wordnet
  3. 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. 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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