loquat
noun/ˈləʊkwɒt/
/ˈləʊkwɑːt/
- a pale orange fruit that grows on bushes in China, Japan and the Middle EastTopics Foodc2Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Chinese dialect luh kwat ‘rush orange’.
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