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Mespilus

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Noun1.Mespilus - medlarsMespilus - medlars                              
rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants
family Rosaceae, Rosaceae, rose family - a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens
medlar tree, Mespilus germanica, medlar - small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples


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SERVICEBERRY (Amelanchier lamarckii) ALSO known as the snowy mespilus, it's a cross between a large shrub and small tree.
Other foliage favourites include sweet gum (Liqidambur styraciflua ), purple smoke tree (Cotinus coggygria Notcutt's Purple), Snowy Mespilus (Amelanchier lamarckii) and Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida).
This fruit, botanically named mespilus germanica, grows wild throughout south eastern Europe and into central Asia.
 
 
 
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