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Medlar   Listen
noun
Medlar  n.  A tree of the genus Mespilus (Mespilus 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 (Crataegus Azarolus); also, its fruit.





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"Medlar" Quotes from Famous Books



... and it will prosper exceedingly, yet the true nature of this tree is not to be remoued, and therefore it is conuenient that it be planted where it should euer continue: in like manner to the Seruice-tree, so you shall plant the bastard cyons of the Medlar-tree either in March or October, and at the waine ...
— The English Husbandman • Gervase Markham
... most noticeable feature is the picturesque grouping of the bell-towers and gable, added probably in the seventeenth century, which now rise on the eastern side of the polygon, and which, seen above the orange and medlar trees of a garden reaching eastwards towards the castle, forms one of the most pleasing views in ...
— Portuguese Architecture • Walter Crum Watson


Words linked to "Medlar" :   Mespilus germanica, edible fruit, tree, fruit tree, wild medlar, Vangueria, Mespilus, genus Vangueria, Vangueria infausta, medlar tree


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