| 单词 | loquat tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasloquat tree b. The tree itself. Also loquat tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tropical or exotic fruit-tree or -plant > of Asian or South Pacific > loquat loquat1820 nispero1858 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. < as lemmas |
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