loquat

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The loquat, the guava, the orange, and the banana, are of slow growth, but the vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and others, flourish beyond description, as do English fruit trees of every kind.

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  1. noun A small evergreen tree (Eriobotrya japonica) native to China and Japan, having fragrant white flowers and pear-shaped yellow fruit with large seeds.
  2. noun The edible fruit of this plant.

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  • But just as the almond trees in Israel always seem to bloom right on cue on Tu B'Shevat, the first fruits on my loquat tree always ripen just before the Seder. —  The Jew and the Carrot
  • Thus, I see no reason why the loquat - one of the first spring fruits - shouldn't become a traditional Pesach food. —  The Jew and the Carrot
  • I'll be picking loquats during the holiday, hoping to get some for myself before others realize it's loquat season. —  The Jew and the Carrot
  • From bottome left: sakura sembei (rice crackers flavoured with dried shrimp and preserved cherry leaves), mini sweet potato cakes (they had come wrapped in the green paper in the picture above), sakura daifuku (mochi stuffed with sakura flavoured sweet bean paste), and biwa (loquat) cake. —  Blue Lotus
  • Yvonne also has a great recipe for loquat pie, an entertaining crafty blog co-written by her hard-headed (in a fortunate way) husband and last time I checked she lived next door to a troupe of monkeys. —  Redneck Mother
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  1. Chinese (Cantonese) lo kwat : lo, kind of tree + kwêt, an orange.

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  1. from Chinese (Cantonese dial.) lukwat, from luh, a rush, + kiuh, an orange.
 

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/ˈloʊkwæt/
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