noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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General-American:/ˈloʊkwɑt/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈləʊkwɒt/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Any of species Eriobotrya japonica of trees (Japanese medlar, Chinese plum, Japanese plum).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The fruit of this tree, which is as large as a small plum, but grows in clusters, and contains four or five large seeds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Japan plum
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
yellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone and relatively little flesh; used for jellies
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Japanese plum
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: edible fruit
4
noun
Meaning 4
evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: loquat tree, Japanese medlar, Japanese plum, Eriobotrya japonica
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fruit tree
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Cantonese 盧橘 /卢橘 (lou4 gwat1).
Across languages
Translations
84 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
mushmollë vere
— fruit
Arabic:
بَشْمَلَة
(bašmala)
— fruit
Arabic:
أَسْكِيدُنْيَا
(ʔaskīdunyā)
— fruit
Arabic:
إِسْكِدُنْيَا
(ʔiskidunyā)
— fruit
Arabic:
إِكِّيدُنْيَا
(ʔikkīdunyā)
— fruit
Arabic:
إِكِيدُنْيَا
(ʔikīdunyā)
— fruit
Arabic:
مزاح
(mzāḥ)
— fruit
Tunisian Arabic:
بُوصَاع
(būsā')
— fruit
Armenian:
ճապոնական զկեռ
(čaponakan zkeṙ)
— fruit
Armenian:
նորաշխարհ
(norašxarh)
— fruit
Atayal:
gitu
— fruit
Bulgarian:
японска мушмула
(japonska mušmula)
— fruit
Bunun:
litu
— fruit
Catalan:
nespra del Japó
— fruit
Chinese Cantonese:
枇杷
(pei4 paa4)
— fruit
Chinese:
枇杷
(zh-min-nan)
— fruit
Chinese:
夏糜
(hē-bôe)
— fruit
Chinese Mandarin:
枇杷
(pípá)
— fruit
Chinese Mandarin:
蘆橘 /芦橘
(lújú)
— fruit
Czech:
lokvát
— fruit
Czech:
japonské mišpule
— fruit
Finnish:
japaninmispeli
— fruit
French:
bibace
— fruit
French:
nèfle du Japon
— fruit
Galician:
néspera
— fruit
Georgian:
მუშმულა
(mušmula)
— fruit
Georgian:
იაპონური ზღმარტლი
(iaṗonuri zɣmarṭli)
— fruit