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medlar

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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.

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

medlar [ˈmɛdlə]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a small Eurasian rosaceous tree, Mespilus germanica
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the fruit of this tree, which resembles the crab apple and is not edible until it has begun to decay
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several other rosaceous trees or their fruits
[from Old French medlier, from Latin mespilum medlar fruit, from Greek mespilon]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.medlarmedlar - small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit
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.medlarmedlar - small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples
medlar - crabapple-like fruit used for preserves
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
Translations
medlar [ˈmedləʳ] N (= fruit, tree) → níspero m
oriental or Japanese medlarníspero m del Japón
medlar [ˈmɛdləʳ] n (also medlar tree) → nespolo; (fruit) → nespola
medlar [ˈmɛdləʳ] n (also medlar tree) → nespolo; (fruit) → nespola


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A contemporary Italian, whom I like hardly less than these noble Spaniards, is Giovanni Verga, who wrote 'I Malavoglia,' or, as we call it in English, 'The House by the Medlar Tree': a story of infinite beauty, tenderness and truth.
 
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