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loquat |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Loquat \Lo"quat\, n. [Chinese name.] (Bot.) 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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: loquat n 1: evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan [syn: {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 [syn: {Japanese plum}]
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