Thesaurus: medlar

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1. n. 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.
2. n. small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit
3. n. small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples
4. n. a South African globular fruit with brown leathery skin and pithy flesh having a sweet-acid taste
5. n. crabapple-like fruit used for preserves
6. 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 (Cratægus Azarolus); also, its fruit.
7. A tree of the genus Mespilus (M. Germanica); also, the fruit ofthe tree. The fruit is something like a small apple, but has a bonyendocarp. When first gathered the flesh is hard and austere, and itis not eaten until it has begun to decay. Japan medlar (Bot.), theloquat. See Loquat.-- Neapolitan medlar (Bot.), a kind of thorn tree (CratægusAzarolus); also, its fruit.
8. n:100 n. small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples n. a South African globular fruit with brown leathery skin and pithy flesh having a sweet-acid taste n. crabapple-like fruit used for preserves