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loquat definition

lo·quat (lō′kwät′, -kwat′)

noun

  1. a small evergreen tree (Eriobotrya japonica) of the rose family, native to China and Japan
  2. the small, yellow, edible, plumlike fruit of this tree

Etymology: < Chin (Canton dial.) lō kwat, lit., rush orange

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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