loquatn.
/ˈləʊkwat/ a. The fruit of Eriobotrya japonica, a native of China and Japan, introduced into southern Europe, India, and Australia.
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1829 E. Hoole Narr. Mission S. India ix. 75 The lacott, a Chinese fruit, not unlike a plum, was produced also in great plenty.
1854 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. Brit. India (ed. 3) 314 Apples, citrons, loquats.
b. The tree itself. Also loquat tree.
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loquat1820
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Japanese medlar1866
Japan medlar1866
1820 Trans. Hort. Soc. London 3 229 You desire me [sc. Lord Bagot] to give you some information as to my mode of treating the Lo-quat.
1820 Trans. Hort. Soc. London 3 301 In 1813 ripe fruits of the Lo-quat were presented to the Horticultural Society by Lord Bagot.
1833 C. Sturt Two Exped. Southern Austral. I. Introd. 58 The pear and the loquette grow side by side.
1837 J. D. Lang Hist. Acct. New S. Wales I. 435 A fruit-tree of Chinese origin, called loquet, has been long naturalized.
1880 C. R. Markham Peruvian Bark 341 Behind the house grew peach, apple, plum, and loquot trees.
1884 tr. J. J. Rein Japan: Trav. & Res. i. vii. 139 A Japanese fruit-tree, the Loquat (Eriobothrya japonica Lindl.), which the English have transplanted to their tropical and subtropical colonies.
1969 S. G. Harrison et al. Oxf. 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.
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