About The Word Medlar
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Medlar
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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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