loquat

2 definitions found

loquat - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

loquat - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]