Loquat

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A small evergreen tree (Eriobotrya japonica) native to China and Japan, having fragrant white flowers and pear-shaped yellow fruit with large seeds.
  • n. The edible fruit of this plant.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The Eriobotrya japonica tree.
  • n. The fruit of this tree. It is as large as a small plum, but grows in clusters, and contains four or five large seeds.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The fruit of the Japanese medlar (Photinia Japonica). It is as large as a small plum, but grows in clusters, and contains four or five large seeds. Also, the tree itself.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An evergreen shrub or tree, Photinia (Eryobotrya) Japonica, native in China and Japan, and commonly introduced in warm temperate climates.
  • n. The fruit of this tree. Also called biwa, lukwati, pipa, and Japanese medlar.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. yellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone and relatively little flesh; used for jellies
  • n. evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan
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    Japanese medlar    see    medlar