medlar

[ med-ler ]

noun
  1. a small tree, Mespilus germanica, of the rose family, the fruit of which resembles a crab apple and is not edible until the early stages of decay.

  2. any of certain related trees.

  1. the fruit of any of these trees.

Origin of medlar

1
1325–75; Middle English medler<Anglo-French, equivalent to medle (Old French mesle the fruit <Latin mespilum<Greek méspilon) + -er-er2

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medlar

/ (ˈmɛdlə) /


noun
  1. a small Eurasian rosaceous tree, Mespilus germanica

  2. the fruit of this tree, which resembles the crab apple and is not edible until it has begun to decay

  1. any of several other rosaceous trees or their fruits

Origin of medlar

1
C14: from Old French medlier, from Latin mespilum medlar fruit, from Greek mespilon

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