Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Source : WordNet®

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}]