lo|quat

lo|quat
lo|quat «LOH kwot, -kwat», noun.
1. a small evergreen tree with small, yellow, plumlike fruit, native to China and Japan but grown in North America since the late 1700's. It belongs to the rose family.
2. its rather tart fruit, which is good to eat.
[< Cantonese lo-kwat (literally) rush orange]

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