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plural loquats
Any of species Eriobotrya japonica of trees (Japanese medlar, Chinese plum, Japanese plum). quotations examples
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
I climbed up into the loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) tree in our backyard to think.
2009, Howard Camner, Turbulence at 67 Inches: The Autobiography, page 61
The fruit of this tree. It is as large as a small plum, but grows in clusters, and contains four or five large seeds. examples