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loquat|ˈləʊkwæt|
Also lacott, loquet, loquette, loquot.
[a. Chinese (Canton dial.) luh kwat, literally ‘rush orange’.]
a. The fruit of Eriobotrya japonica, a native of China and Japan, introduced into southern Europe, India, and Australia.
b. The tree itself. Also loquat tree.
1820Trans. Hort. Soc. London III. 229 You desire me [sc. Lord Bagot] to give you some information as to my mode of treating the Lo-quat. Ibid. 301 In 1813 ripe fruits of the Lo-quat were presented to the Horticultural Society by Lord Bagot. 1829E. Hoole Narr. Mission S. India ix. 75 The lacott, a Chinese fruit, not unlike a plum, was produced also in great plenty. 1833C. Sturt South Australia I. Introd. 58 The pear and the loquette grow side by side. 1837J. D. Lang New S. Wales I. 435 A fruit-tree of Chinese origin, called loquet, has been long naturalized. 1854Stocqueler Brit. India 314 Apples, citrons, loquats. 1880C. R. Markham Peruv. Bark 341 Behind the house grew peach, apple, plum, and loquot trees. 1884tr. J. J. Rein's Japan I. vii. 139 A Japanese fruit-tree, the Loquat (Eriobothrya japonica Lindl.), which the English have transplanted to their tropical and subtropical colonies. 1969Oxf. Bk. Food Plants 104/2 Loquat..is also sometimes known as Japanese medlar... The yellow pear-shaped fruits are the size of crab apples and have a sweetish acid flavour. |