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loquat

American  
[loh-kwot, -kwat] / ˈloʊ kwɒt, -kwæt /

noun

  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.

loquat British  
/ -kwət, ˈləʊkwɒt /

noun

  1. an ornamental evergreen rosaceous tree, Eriobotrya japonica, of China and Japan, having reddish woolly branches, white flowers, and small yellow edible plumlike fruits

  2. the fruit of this tree

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Etymology

Origin of loquat

1810–20; < dialectal Chinese (Guangdong) lōkwat, akin to Chinese lújú

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