LOQUAT


Meaning of LOQUAT in English

/loh"kwot, -kwat/ , n.

1. a small evergreen tree, Eriobotrya japonica, native to China and Japan, cultivated as an ornamental and for its yellow, plumlike fruit.

2. the fruit itself.

Also called Japanese plum .

[ 1810-20; lokwat, akin to Chin lújú ]

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