loquat

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 盧橘 / 卢橘 (lou4 gwat1).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈloʊkwɑt/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈləʊkwɒt/
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  • Hyphenation: lo‧quat

Noun

loquat (plural loquats)

  1. Any of species Eriobotrya japonica of trees (Japanese medlar, Chinese plum, Japanese plum).
    • 1811, William Aiton, Hortus Kewensis; or, A catalogue of the plants cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew‎[1], volume 3:
      Japan Mespilus, or Loquat.
    • 1915, Ira Judson Condit, The Loquat‎[2], page 254:
      As far as the eye can see, one observes nothing but loquat orchards growing luxuriantly on the low, rich land, where the roots never suffer from lack of water.
    • 2009, Howard Camner, Turbulence at 67 Inches: The Autobiography‎[3], page 61:
      I climbed up into the loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) tree in our backyard to think.
  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.

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