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loquat
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun loquat has 2 senses
- loquat(n = noun.plant) eriobotrya japonica, japanese medlar, japanese plum, loquat tree - evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan; Array has parts: japanese plum, loquat
- loquat(n = noun.food) japanese plum - yellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone and relatively little flesh; used for jellies; Array is a kind of edible fruit
is a member of eriobotrya, genus eriobotrya
is a kind of fruit tree
is a part of eriobotrya japonica, japanese medlar, japanese plum, loquat, loquat tree
CIDE DICTIONARY
loquat, n. [Chinese name.].
The fruit of the Japanese medlar (Photinia Japonica ). It is as large as a small plum, but grows in clusters, and contains four or five large seeds. Also, the tree itself. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
loquat, n.
1 a rosaceous tree, Eriobotrya japonica, bearing small yellow egg-shaped fruits.
2 this fruit.
1 a rosaceous tree, Eriobotrya japonica, bearing small yellow egg-shaped fruits.
2 this fruit.
Etymology
Chin. dial. luh kwat rush orange
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