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Noun: loquat  'low,kwót
  1. Evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan
    - loquat tree, Japanese medlar, Japanese plum, Eriobotrya japonica
     
  2. Yellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone and relatively little flesh; used for jellies
    - Japanese plum

Derived forms: loquats

Type of: edible fruit, fruit tree

Part of: Eriobotrya, genus Eriobotrya

Encyclopedia: Loquat