loquat

English

Loquat fruit

Etymology

From Cantonese 蘆橘／芦橘 (lou4 gwat1).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈloʊkwɑt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈləʊkwɒt/
• Hyphenation: lo‧quat

Noun

loquat (plural loquats)

1. Any of species Eriobotrya japonica of trees (Japanese medlar, Chinese plum, Japanese plum).
   • 1811, William Aiton, Hortus Kewensis; or, A catalogue of the plants cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew‎^[1], volume 3:

     Japan Mespilus, or Loquat.

   • 1915, Ira Judson Condit, The Loquat‎^[2], page 254:

     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.

   • 2009, Howard Camner, Turbulence at 67 Inches: The Autobiography‎^[3], page 61:

     I climbed up into the loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) tree in our backyard to think.

2. The fruit of this tree. It is as large as a small plum, but grows in clusters, and contains four or five large seeds.

Derived terms

• wild loquat

 

Related terms

• kumquat

Translations

fruit

• Albanian: molla, muçmolla
• Arabic: بَشْمَلَة f (bašmala), أَسْكِيدُنْيَا f (ʔaskīdunyā) (Syria), إِسْكِدُنْيَا f (ʔiskidunyā), إِكِّيدُنْيَا f (ʔikkīdunyā), إِكِيدُنْيَا f (ʔikīdunyā)

  Moroccan Arabic: مزاح (mzāḥ)

• Armenian: ճապոնական զկեռ (čaponakan zkeṙ), նորաշխարհ (norašxarh) (Western Armenian)
• Atayal: gitu
• Bulgarian: японска мушмула f (japonska mušmula)
• Bunun: litu
• Catalan: nespra del Japó f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 枇杷 (pei⁴ paa⁴)

  Hokkien: 枇杷 (zh-min-nan) (pî-pê, gî-pê), 夏糜 (hē-bôe)

  Mandarin: 枇杷 (zh) (pípá), 蘆橘／芦橘 (lújú)

• Czech: lokvát m, japonské mišpule f pl
• Finnish: japaninmispeli
• French: bibace (fr) f, nèfle du Japon (fr)
• Galician: néspera (gl) f
• Georgian: მუშმულა (mušmula), იაპონური ზღმარტლი (iaṗonuri zɣmarṭli), ლოქვა (lokva)
• German: Wollmispel f
• Greek: μούσμουλο (el) n (moúsmoulo)
• Hawaiian: loukuaka
• Hebrew: שסק (he) m (shések)
• Hindi: लोकाट (hi) (lokāṭ), जापानी फल (jāpānī phal)
• Indonesian: biwa
• Irish: locuat m
• Italian: nespola (it) f
• Japanese: 枇杷 (ja) (ビワ, biwa)
• Korean: 비파 (bipa)
• Ladino: míshpola f, eshkidunya f
• Laz: ნოღაწილიმუნტრი (noğaǯilimunťri)
• Macedonian: мушмула f (mušmula)
• Malagasy: bibasy (mg)
• Maltese: naspli m
• Manchu: ᡦᡳᡦᡠᡵᡳ (pipuri)
• Maori: rokuata
• Paiwan: itju
• Portuguese: nêspera (pt)
• Russian: мушмула́ (ru) f (mušmulá), ло́ква (ru) f (lókva)
• Spanish: níspero japonés m
• Turkish: Malta eriği (tr), yenidünya (tr), muşmula (tr)
• Uyghur: چارتال (chartal)
• Vietnamese: nhót tây

tree

• Catalan: nesprer del Japó m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 枇杷樹／枇杷树 (pípashù)

• Czech: lokvát japonský, mišpulník japonský
• Finnish: japaninmispeli
• French: néflier du Japon (fr) m, bibacier (fr) m
• Galician: nespereira (gl) f
• German: Loquat f
• Greek: μουσμουλιά (el) f (mousmouliá)
• Indonesian: biwa
• Irish: crann locuataí m
• Italian: nespolo (it) m
• Japanese: 枇杷 (ja) (ビワ, biwa)
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 비파나무 (bipanamu)
• Laz: მუში (muşi), მუშმულლა (muşmulla)
• Manchu: ᡦᡳᡦᡠᡵᡳ
  ᠮᠣᡠ (pipuri mou)
• Maori: rokuata
• Portuguese: nespereira (pt) f
• Spanish: níspero japonés m
• Swedish: japansk mispel c
• Turkish: muşmula (tr), Malta eriği (tr)

References

• loquat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Eriobotrya japonica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Eriobotrya japonica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons