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US
/ˈɫoʊˌkwɑt/
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NOUN
- evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan
- yellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone and relatively little flesh; used for jellies
How To Use loquat In A Sentence
- Effects of bagging on loquat fruit appearance, postharvest characteristics and quality were studied.
- Because the loquat, or Japanese plum, is symmetrical and has a dense, evergreen crown, it is desirable in the home landscape.
- They also have a sweet tooth, feeding on fallen fruit such as loquat and jelly palm. Battery Shots
- To be sure, one of the native fruits seems a sort of joke when you hear it first named, and when you are offered a 'loquat', if you are of a frivolous mind you search your mind for the connection with 'loquor' which it seems to intimate. Literature and Life (Complete)
- The golden loquat is the most popular fruit in the early summer.
- Numerous trees, including valley oaks Quercus lobata, redwoods and loquat trees, provide shade and visual delight.
- If going, grab a meal at Çiya Sofrasi, a restaurant that offers delicious and unusual Turkish foods such as loquat kebab (90-216-3303-190; www. ciya.com.tr Top Acts Rock Istanbul's Summer
- Japonica, _ in Madeira called the loquat and elsewhere the Japanese medlar: it grows wild in the Brazil, where the people distil from it. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I
- And when taken in the commonly available syrup form, loquat soothes irritation in your throat.
- Along the way, I recognized peach, orange and loquat trees.
