1. small, oval, yellow-orange fruits with sweet flesh and large seeds, or the evergreen trees that produce them

Examples

• The loquats in our backyard tree ripened in early spring.
• She made jam from the fresh loquats she picked.
• Loquats have a sweet, slightly tangy flavor.
• The grocery store imported loquats from California.
• We planted two loquat trees in the sunny corner of the garden.
• The children enjoyed eating loquats straight from the tree.