noun
evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan
• Syn: ↑loquat, ↑loquat tree, ↑Japanese plum, ↑Eriobotrya japonica
• Hypernyms: ↑fruit tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Eriobotrya, ↑genus Eriobotrya
• Part Meronyms: ↑loquat, ↑Japanese plum
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nounUsage: usually capitalized J
: loquat
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Japanese medlar noun
The loquat
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Main Entry: ↑japan
Useful english dictionary. 2012.