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Eriobotrya

noun

Asiatic evergreen fruit trees

• Syn: ↑genus Eriobotrya

• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Rosaceae, ↑family Rosaceae, ↑rose family

• Member Meronyms: ↑loquat, ↑loquat tree, ↑Japanese medlar, ↑Japanese plum, ↑Eriobotrya japonica

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\\ˌerēōˈbä.trēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from erio- + -botrya (from Greek botrys bunch of grapes)

: a small genus of Asiatic evergreen trees (family Rosaceae) having paniculate white flowers and a fruit with large seeds and a thin endocarp — see loquat 1

Useful english dictionary. 2012.