Definitions for loquat

loquat lo·quat

Spelling: [loh-kwot, -kwat]
IPA: /ˈloʊ kwɒt, -kwæt/

Loquat is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 70 anagrams from letters in loquat (aloqtu).

Definitions for loquat

noun

  1. a small evergreen tree, Eriobotrya japonica, native to China and Japan, cultivated as an ornamental and for its yellow, plumlike fruit.
  2. the fruit itself.

Origin of loquat

1810-20; dialectal Chinese (Guangdong) lōkwat, akin to Chinese lújú

Examples for loquat

The loquat has been for many years a familiar fruit in our gardens, and is a native of China and Japan.

A fine native fruit, when well grown, is the biwa or loquat.

Other fairly common fruit trees are the quince and loquat, or Japanese medlar.

On all sides there hung the orange and the citron, the persimmon and the pomegranate, the peach and the plum and the loquat.

There grew she to peerless beauty where loquat and almond scent the air.

One fruit which was served to us is known by the name of the loquat.

The sun was shining; the air was heavy with the perfume of the loquat blossoms; a delicious languor lay over all.

Word Value for loquat
Scrable

15

Words with friends

17

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