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1. (n.) loquat
a small evergreen tree, Eriobotrya japonica, native to China and Japan, cultivated as an ornamental and for its yellow, plumlike fruit.
2. loquat
the fruit itself.
Etymology: (1810–20; < dial. Chin (Guangdong) làuhgwāt, akin to Chin lújú)
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1. (noun) loquat, loquat tree, Japanese medlar, Japanese plum, Eriobotrya japonica
evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan
2. (noun) loquat, Japanese plum
yellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone and relatively little flesh; used for jellies
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1. (noun) loquat
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
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