loquat Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan
    Japanese medlar; loquat tree; Japanese plum; Eriobotrya japonica.
  2. noun yellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone and relatively little flesh; used for jellies
    Japanese plum.

WordNet

Lo"quat noun
Etymology
Chinese name.
Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913