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medlar |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Medlar \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: medlar n 1: small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit [syn: {wild medlar}, {wild medlar tree}, {Vangueria infausta}] 2: small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples [syn: {medlar tree}, {Mespilus germanica}] 3: South African globular fruit with brown leathery skin and sweet-acid pithy flesh 4: crabapple-like fruit used for preserves
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