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Medlar
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Medlar has 4 senses
- medlar(n = noun.plant) vangueria infausta, wild medlar, wild medlar tree - small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit; Array has parts: medlar
- medlar(n = noun.plant) medlar tree, mespilus germanica - small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples; Array has parts: medlar
- medlar(n = noun.food) Array - a South African globular fruit with brown leathery skin and pithy flesh having a sweet-acid taste; Array is a kind of edible fruit
- medlar(n = noun.food) Array - crabapple-like fruit used for preserves; Array is a kind of edible fruit
is a member of genus vangueria, vangueria
is a kind of tree
is a member of genus mespilus, mespilus
is a kind of fruit tree
is a part of medlar, vangueria infausta, wild medlar, wild medlar tree
is a part of medlar, medlar tree, mespilus germanica
CIDE DICTIONARY
Medlar, n. [OE. medler medlar tree, OF. meslier, F. néflier, L. mespilum, mespilus, Gr. , . Cf. Naseberry.].
A tree of the genus Mespilus (Mespilus 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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Medlar, n.
1 a rosaceous tree, Mespilus germanica, bearing small brown apple-like fruits.
2 the fruit of this tree which is eaten when decayed.
1 a rosaceous tree, Mespilus germanica, bearing small brown apple-like fruits.
2 the fruit of this tree which is eaten when decayed.
Etymology
ME f. OF medler f. L mespila f. Gk mespile, -on
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