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Medlar

Medlar Meaning & Definition
Medlar Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Medlar?

[n] crabapple-like fruit used for preserves
[n] South African globular fruit with brown leathery skin and sweet-acid pithy flesh
[n] small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples
[n] small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit

Synonyms | Synonyms for Medlar: medlar tree | Mespilus germanica | Vangueria infausta | wild medlar | wild medlar tree

Related Terms | Find terms related to Medlar:

See Also | edible fruit | fruit tree | genus Mespilus | genus Vangueria | medlar | medlar | medlar tree | Mespilus | Mespilus germanica | tree | Vangueria | Vangueria infausta | wild medlar | wild medlar tree

Medlar In Webster's Dictionary

\Med"lar\, n. [OE. medler medlar tree, OF. meslier, F. n['e]flier, L. mespilum, mespilus, Gr. ?, ?. Cf. {Naseberry}.] A tree of the genus {Mespilus} ({M. Germanica}); also, the fruit of the tree. The fruit is something like a small apple, but has a bony endocarp. When first gathered the flesh is hard and austere, and it is not eaten until it has begun to decay. {Japan medlar} (Bot.), the loquat. See {Loquat}. {Neapolitan medlar} (Bot.), a kind of thorn tree ({Crat[ae]gus Azarolus}); also, its fruit.

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