びわ

noun

loquat; Japanese medlar

The fruit or tree Eriobotrya japonica. The fruit is small, orange-yellow, and often described as shaped like a biwa (Japanese lute).

• 庭にわのびわの木きに実みがなった。

  The loquat tree in the garden bore fruit.

• びわは甘あまくて少すこし酸すっぱい。

  Loquats are sweet and a little sour.