loquat

plural loquats

1. Any member of the species Eriobotrya japonica of trees (Japanese medlar, Chinese plum, Japanese plum).

   Japan Mespilus, or Loquat.

   1811, William Aiton, Hortus Kewensis; or, A catalogue of the plants cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew, volume 3

   2 more examples

   As far as the eye can see, one observes nothing but loquat orchards growing luxuriantly on the low, rich land, where the roots never suffer from lack of water.

   1915, Ira Judson Condit, The Loquat, page 254

   I climbed up into the loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) tree in our backyard to think.

   2009, Howard Camner, Turbulence at 67 Inches: The Autobiography, page 61

2. The fruit of this tree, which is as large as a small plum, but grows in clusters, and contains four or five large seeds.

   Synonyms: Japan plum