an ornamental evergreen rosaceous tree, Eriobotrya japonica, of China and Japan, having reddish woolly branches, white flowers, and small yellow edible plumlike fruits
2.
the fruit of this tree
US and Canadian name: Japan plum
Word origin
C19: from Chinese (Cantonese) lō kwat, literally: rush orange
loquat in American English
(ˈloʊˌkwɑt; ˈloʊˌkwæt)
noun
1.
a small evergreen tree (Eriobotrya japonica) of the rose family, native to China and Japan
2.
the small, yellow, edible, plumlike fruit of this tree