loquat
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- noun
- /ˈloʊkwɑt/
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níspero
- You can eat the yellow loquat fruit fresh or use it to make delicious jams.
- loquat tree
Examples
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Pennywhistle music, a hearty fire in the hearth, fog, fairytales and myths, all the voices of the birds in the morning in the blackberry bramble and loquat.
Blog text (16) -
And yes, I remember the Winters' legendary loquat tree.
Blog text (13) -
I saw it that way as a child because a loquat bush hid one of the two front windows, and the other seemed to stare from between gray shutters with glassy spite.
Fiction book (1994) -
The loquat tree produces small, sweet fruits that are enjoyed by many people.
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In late spring, the loquat tree is covered with clusters of fragrant, white flowers.
Synonyms
An evergreen tree that makes small fuzzy yellow fruit with a large stone called loquat
A small evergreen tree that grows in warm places and makes sweet, fuzzy yellow fruit with a large seed
A small evergreen tree that makes fuzzy yellow fruit
An evergreen tree with yellow, fuzzy fruit the size of an olive
A group of Asian evergreen fruit trees that includes the loquat
Compounds
A small evergreen tree that grows in warm places and makes sweet, fuzzy yellow fruit with a large seed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Loquat comes from Chinese and came into English through Cantonese, where the name was used for the plant and its fruit. Think of a small fruit tree in a warm garden—loquat refers to the evergreen tree that produces those sweet, yellow fruits.