loquat

loquat

English

Loquat fruit

Etymology

From Cantonese 蘆橘／芦橘 (lou4 gwat1).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈloʊkwɑt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈləʊkwɒt/
• Hyphenation: lo‧quat

Noun

loquat (plural loquats)

1. The Eriobotrya japonica tree.
   • 1811, William Aiton, Hortus Kewensis; or, A catalogue of the plants cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew‎, volume 3:

     Japan Mespilus, or Loquat.

   • 1915, Ira Judson Condit, The Loquat‎, page 254:

     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.

   • 2009, Howard Camner, Turbulence at 67 Inches: The Autobiography‎, page 61:

     I climbed up into the loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) tree in our backyard to think.

2. The fruit of this tree. It is as large as a small plum, but grows in clusters, and contains four or five large seeds.

Synonyms

• Japanese medlar (see medlar)

Related terms

• kumquat

Translations

fruit

Albanian: molla, muçmolla Arabic: بَشْمَلَة‎ f (bašmala), أَسْكِيدُنْيَا‎ f (ʾaskīdunyā) (Syria), إِسْكِدُنْيَا‎ f (ʾiskidunyā), إِكِّيدُنْيَا‎ f (ʾikkīdunyā), إِكِيدُنْيَا‎ f (ʾikīdunyā) Moroccan Arabic: مزاح‎ (mzāḥ) Armenian: ճապոնական զկեռ (čaponakan zkeṙ), նորաշխարհ (norašxarh) (Western Armenian) Bulgarian: японска мушмула f (japonska mušmula) Catalan: nespra del Japó f Chinese: Cantonese: 枇杷 (pei4 paa4) Mandarin: 枇杷 (zh) (pípá), 蘆橘／芦橘 (lújú) Min Nan: 枇杷 (zh-min-nan) (pî-pê, gî-pê), 夏糜 (hē-bôe) Finnish: japaninmispeli French: bibace (fr) f, nèfle du Japon (fr) Galician: néspera (gl) f German: Wollmispel f Greek: μούσμουλο (el) n (moúsmoulo) Hawaiian: loukuaka Hebrew: שסק‎ (he) m (shések) Hindi: लोकाट (hi) (lokāṭ), जापानी फल (jāpānī phal) Indonesian: biwa Italian: nespola (it) f Japanese: 枇杷 (ja) (ビワ, biwa) Korean: 비파 (bipa) Laz: ნოღაწილიმუნტრი (noğaǯilimunťri) Macedonian: мушмула f (mušmula) Malagasy: bibasy (mg) Maltese: naspli m Manchu: ᡦᡳᡦᡠᡵᡳ (pipuri) Maori: rokuata Portuguese: nêspera (pt) Russian: мушмула́ (ru) f (mušmulá), ло́ква (ru) f (lókva) Spanish: níspero japonés m Turkish: Malta eriği (tr), yenidünya (tr), muşmula (tr) Uyghur: چارتال‎ (chartal) Vietnamese: nhót tây

tree

Catalan: nesprer del Japó m Chinese: Mandarin: 枇杷樹／枇杷树 (pípashù) Finnish: japaninmispeli French: néflier du Japon (fr) m, bibacier (fr) m Galician: nespereira (gl) f German: Loquat f Greek: μουσμουλιά (el) f (mousmouliá) Indonesian: biwa Italian: nespolo (it) m Japanese: 枇杷 (ja) (ビワ, biwa) Korean: (please verify) 비파나무 (bipanamu) Laz: მუში (muşi), მუშმულლა (muşmulla) Manchu: ᡦᡳᡦᡠᡵᡳ ᠮᠣᡠ (pipuri mou) Maori: rokuata Portuguese: nespereira (pt) f Spanish: níspero japonés m Swedish: japansk mispel c Turkish: muşmula (tr), Malta eriği (tr)

References

• loquat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Eriobotrya japonica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Eriobotrya japonica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons