Meaning of MEDLAR
| Pronunciation: | | 'medlur
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | medlar tree, Mespilus germanica, Vangueria infausta, wild medlar, wild medlar tree |
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| | 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 | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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