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ERIOBOTRYA JAPONICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Eriobotrya japonica mean? 

ERIOBOTRYA JAPONICA (noun)
  The noun ERIOBOTRYA JAPONICA has 1 sense:

1. evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japanplay

  Familiarity information: ERIOBOTRYA JAPONICA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ERIOBOTRYA JAPONICA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Eriobotrya japonica; Japanese medlar; Japanese plum; loquat; loquat tree

Hypernyms ("Eriobotrya japonica" is a kind of...):

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "Eriobotrya japonica"):

Japanese plum; loquat (yellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone and relatively little flesh; used for jellies)

Holonyms ("Eriobotrya japonica" is a member of...):

Eriobotrya; genus Eriobotrya (Asiatic evergreen fruit trees)


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