How to Use loquat in a Sentence

loquat

noun
  • There is a house nearby that has a loquat tree right by the curb of the street.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The loquats are from the trees that bloom abundantly right now.
    — Claire Salinda, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The number of people looking for good loquat trees and fruits is on the rise.
    — Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2025
  • Harvest loquat fruits to eat out of hand or to make chutney and other relishes.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Like several other fruit tree species, loquats tend to bear in alternate years.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 31 Jan. 2026
  • This one is made with loquat (a Japanese plum), which helps to keep bacteria from getting cozy on your face.
    — Maya McDowell, Seventeen, 21 May 2019
  • Where fruit trees are concerned, both the loquat and the persimmon will grow 20-25 feet tall with equal spread.
    — Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 18 May 2024
  • Large yellow jackfruit grow like Chinese lanterns among loquat and clove trees, pepper vines and coffee plants.
    — The Economist, 5 July 2019
  • Forage for prickly pear and loquats with herbalist Doreen Williams James.
    — Caitlin Etherton, National Geographic, 15 Apr. 2019
  • When loquat seedlings reach a height of 6 to 8 feet, in their second or third year, flowers and fruit begin to develop.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 17 July 2025
  • Because of its dense growth, bronze loquat will benefit from annual pruning.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 31 Jan. 2026
  • There are 20-foot orange and lemon trees, even taller fig, loquat, guama and avocado trees.
    — Joe Mozingo, latimes.com, 4 June 2018
  • Yet certain leaves, such as those from magnolia and loquat trees, are quite slow to decompose unless they are shredded first.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
  • About four of the six acres remain leafy and laden with mangoes, loquats and South American guama trees, whose beans taste like ice cream.
    — Joe Mozingo, latimes.com, 4 June 2018
  • The surrounding garden contains all sorts of fruit trees, including fig, olive, lemon, persimmon, and loquat.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 5 July 2025
  • The loquats, tangerines, oranges, and pomegranates grown in common areas and outside the fence are available to visitors, too.
    — Los Angeles Magazine, 26 Feb. 2018
  • An uncle and a grandmother were among those killed in the 34-day conflict, but a loquat tree the matriarch had planted next to their home endured.
    — Sally Abou Aljoud, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
  • With a low fog hanging just above the loquat trees, Norfolk pine and lush ferns, the property seemed vaguely mystical, like a scene from Tolkien.
    — Alex Williams, New York Times, 26 May 2018
  • The street, whose parkways are dotted with loquat trees, is a few blocks from York Boulevard, one of Highland Park’s main drags.
    — Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2023
  • The Gouveias’ backyard is shaded by apple, pear, and loquat trees planted decades ago by Arnaldo himself.
    — Cátia Bruno, Slate Magazine, 3 Oct. 2017
  • The loquat is an immigrant originally from China but spread to many other communities that embraced the fruit as their own.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2021
  • In another village, Tanghuang, people pointed to chestnut trees that no longer bore fruit and loquat trees and squash vines that turned yellow during summer rainstorms.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 30 Dec. 2019
  • Don’t fertilize fig trees, pomegranate, pineapple guava, tropical guava and loquat, but do mulch them with a 3-inch or thicker layer of coarse wood mulch.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2024
  • The piece also ridiculed an East Coast reporter who alleged that no one eats loquats in Southern California.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2025
  • Similarly, our younger trees — loquat, cedar elm, pomegranate, Eastern red cedar, red oak, bigtooth maple, flame-leaf sumacs and the motte of live oaks — are doing fairly well.
    — Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
  • Early last month, Robert Ginn, a master gardener in Arcadia, sent me a photo of a massive crop of loquats hanging from a tree.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Suddenly, the garden — which features a winding pathway scented by jasmine bushes and herbs that leads down to a grove of loquat, fig and Blenheim apricot trees — felt like an ideal place for a celebration.
    — Jean Trinh, New York Times, 2 May 2024
  • However, some people are allergic to loquats and can develop a serious allergic reaction called anaphylaxis after eating loquats.
    — Jillian Kubala, Health, 16 July 2024
  • There’ll be a Q&A too, where Watts will discuss her local inspiration, such as how native plants sustain biodiversity, and a raffle for 10 ready-to-plant baby loquat trees.
    — Matt Pawlik, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Jamal supplemented the surviving orange and lemon trees with replacements and new types of citrus, including an Algerian tangerine, different orange trees, a pomelo, grapefruit and loquat.
    — Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2023

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