evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan
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yellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone and relatively little flesh; used for jellies
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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.