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loquat

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lo·quat  (lkwt, -kwt)
n.
1. A small evergreen tree (Eriobotrya japonica) native to China and Japan, having fragrant white flowers and pear-shaped yellow fruit with large seeds.
2. The edible fruit of this plant.

[Chinese (Cantonese) lo kwat : lo, kind of tree + kwêt, an orange.]
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detail of loquat fruit and leaves
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Noun1.loquatloquat - evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan
loquat, Japanese plum - yellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone and relatively little flesh; used for jellies
Eriobotrya, genus Eriobotrya - Asiatic evergreen fruit trees
fruit tree - tree bearing edible fruit
2.loquat - yellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone and relatively little flesh; used for jellies
edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
Eriobotrya japonica, Japanese medlar, loquat, loquat tree, Japanese plum - evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan

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