Loquat

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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 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:
          {Japanese plum}]