1. Evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan
   "The loquat trees were heavy with golden fruit";
   - 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
   "Loquats grow well in Mediterranean climates";
   - Japanese plum

Derived forms: loquats

Type of: edible fruit, fruit tree

Part of: Eriobotrya, genus Eriobotrya

Encyclopedia: Loquat