HyperDic: loquat

English > 2 senses of the word loquat:
NOUNplantloquat, loquat tree, Japanese medlar, Japanese plum, Eriobotrya japonicaevergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone
foodloquat, Japanese plumyellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone and relatively little flesh
loquat > pronunciation
Soundslow'kwaa.t
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English > loquat: 2 senses > noun 1, plant
Meaningevergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan.
Synonymsloquat tree, Japanese medlar, Japanese plum, Eriobotrya japonica
Member ofEriobotrya, genus EriobotryaAsiatic evergreen fruit trees
Partsloquat, Japanese plumyellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone and relatively little flesh
Broaderfruit treeTree bearing edible fruit
Spanisheriobotrya japonica, níspero japonés, níspero
Catalaneriobotrya japonica, Eriobotrya japonica, nesprer del japo
English > loquat: 2 senses > noun 2, food
Meaningyellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone and relatively little flesh; used for jellies.
SynonymJapanese plum
Part ofloquat, loquat tree, Japanese medlar, Japanese plum, Eriobotrya japonicaevergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone
Broaderedible fruitedible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh

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