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–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.

Also called Japanese plum.

[Origin: 1810–20; < dial. Chin (Guangdong) lōkwat, akin to Chin lújú

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n.

A small evergreen tree (Eriobotrya japonica) native to China and Japan, having fragrant white flowers and pear-shaped yellow fruit with large seeds.
The edible fruit of this plant.

[Chinese (Cantonese) lo kwat : lo, kind of tree + kwêt, an orange.]

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loquat
noun
1.	evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan
2.	yellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone and relatively little flesh; used for jellies

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Loquat

Lo"quat\, n. [Chinese name.] (Bot.) 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.

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