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loquat

Syllables: lo·quatUK/ˈləʊkwɒt//ˈloʊkwɑt/

loquat noun: any member of the species Eriobotrya japonica of trees (Japanese medlar, Chinese plum, Japanese plum).

loquat: any member of the species Eriobotrya japonica of trees (Japanese medlar, Chinese plum, Japanese...
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Noun

loquat (plural loquats)

  1. Any member of the species Eriobotrya japonica of trees (Japanese medlar, Chinese plum, Japanese plum).
    • Japan Mespilus, or Loquat.1811, William Aiton, Hortus Kewensis; or, A catalogue of the plants cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew, volume 3
    • As far as the eye can see, one observes nothing but loquat orchards growing luxuriantly on the low, rich land, where the roots never suffer from lack of water.1915, Ira Judson Condit, The Loquat, page 254
  2. The fruit of this tree, which is as large as a small plum, but grows in clusters, and contains four or five large seeds.
    Synonyms:
    Japan plum

loquat meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Arabic and Indonesian

loquat in Hindi

fruit
लोकाट lokāṭ, जापानी फल jāpānī phal

loquat in Tamil

இது பழவகைகளுள் ஒன்றாகும்

loquat in Arabic

fruit
بَشْمَلَة bašmala, أَسْكِيدُنْيَا ʔaskīdunyā, إِسْكِدُنْيَا ʔiskidunyā, إِكِّيدُنْيَا ʔikkīdunyā, إِكِيدُنْيَا ʔikīdunyā

loquat in Indonesian

fruit
biwa
tree
biwa
More languagesFewer languages
loquat in Vietnamese
nhót tây

Synonyms of loquat

Forms of loquat

pluralloquats

Origin of loquat

Borrowed from Cantonese 盧橘 /卢橘 (lou⁴ gwat¹).

Words formed from loquat

Questions about loquat

What does loquat mean?
Loquat means any member of the species Eriobotrya japonica of trees (Japanese medlar, Chinese plum, Japanese plum).
What is loquat in Hindi?
Loquat in Hindi is लोकाट (lokāṭ), जापानी फल (jāpānī phal). See Loquat meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is loquat?
Loquat is a noun.
How do you pronounce loquat?
Loquat is pronounced /ˈloʊkwɑt/ (US).
What is the plural of loquat?
The plural of loquat is loquats.

Words near loquat in the dictionary

  1. loquacious
  2. loquaciously
  3. loquaciousness
  4. loquacities
  5. loquacity
  6. loquat
  7. loquatious
  8. loquatiousness
  9. loquats
  10. loqued out
  11. loquitur

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Adapted from Wiktionary: loquat (page history and authors); loquat (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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