medlar

med·lar  (mdlr)

n.

1. A deciduous European tree (Mespilus germanica) having white flowers and edible apple-shaped fruit.

2. The fruit of this plant, eaten fresh or made into preserves.

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[Middle English medler, from Old French meslier, medler, from mesle, medle, fruit of the medlar, from Late Latin mespila, from Greek mespil.]

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medlar

Noun

the apple-like fruit of a small Eurasian tree, which is not edible until it has begun to decay [Old French medlier]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	medlar - small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit Vangueria infausta, wild medlar, wild medlar tree medlar - a South African globular fruit with brown leathery skin and pithy flesh having a sweet-acid taste genus Vangueria, Vangueria - tropical African and Asiatic trees and shrubs having one-seeded fruit tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
	2.	medlar - small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples medlar tree, Mespilus germanica medlar - crabapple-like fruit used for preserves genus Mespilus, Mespilus - medlars fruit tree - tree bearing edible fruit
	3.	medlar - a South African globular fruit with brown leathery skin and pithy flesh having a sweet-acid taste edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh medlar, Vangueria infausta, wild medlar, wild medlar tree - small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit
	4.	medlar - crabapple-like fruit used for preserves edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh medlar tree, Mespilus germanica, medlar - small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples