loquat n 1: evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive- sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan [syn: {loquat}, {loquat tree}, {Japanese medlar}, {Japanese plum}, {Eriobotrya japonica}] 2: yellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone and relatively little flesh; used for jellies [syn: {loquat}, {Japanese plum}]
Loquat \Lo"quat\, n. [Chinese name.] (Bot.) The fruit of the Japanese medlar ({Photinia Japonica}). It is as large as a small plum, but grows in clusters, and contains four or five large seeds. Also, the tree itself. [1913 Webster]