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}]