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Medlar

noun

Small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit. Synonyms: Vangueria infausta, wild medlar, wild medlar tree.

Small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples. Synonyms: medlar tree, Mespilus germanica.

A South African globular fruit with brown leathery skin and pithy flesh having a sweet-acid taste.

Crabapple-like fruit used for preserves.

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"Medlar" Quotes from Famous Books

... and looking in, I beheld my poor kinsman perch'd on his chair a-top of the table, in the midst of glasses, decanters, and desserts: his wig askew, his face white, save where, between the eyes, a medlar had hit and broken, and his glance shifting wildly between the two princes, who in easy postures, loose and tipsy, lounged on either side of him, and beat with their ...

— The Splendid Spur • Arthur T. Quiller Couch

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