loquat

lo·quat  (lkwt, -kwt) n. 1. A small evergreen tree (Eriobotrya japonica) native to China and Japan, having fragrant white flowers and pear-shaped yellow fruit with large seeds. 2. The edible fruit of this plant. [Chinese (Cantonese) lo kwat : lo, kind of tree + kwêt, an orange.]

loquat detail of loquat fruit and leaves

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loquat [ˈləʊkwɒt -kwət]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) an ornamental evergreen rosaceous tree, Eriobotrya japonica, of China and Japan, having reddish woolly branches, white flowers, and small yellow edible plumlike fruits

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the fruit of this tree Also called Japan plum

[from Chinese (Cantonese) lō kwat, literally: rush orange]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	loquat - evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan Eriobotrya japonica, Japanese medlar, loquat tree, Japanese plum loquat, Japanese plum - yellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone and relatively little flesh; used for jellies Eriobotrya, genus Eriobotrya - Asiatic evergreen fruit trees fruit tree - tree bearing edible fruit
	2.	loquat - yellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone and relatively little flesh; used for jellies Japanese plum edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh Eriobotrya japonica, Japanese medlar, loquat, loquat tree, Japanese plum - evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan