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Definition: Japan medlar
Medlar
\Med"lar\, n. [OE. medler medlar tree, OF. meslier, F.
n['e]flier, L. mespilum, mespilus, Gr. ?, ?. Cf.
Naseberry.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Japan medlar (Bot.), the loquat. See
Loquat.
Neapolitan medlar (Bot.), a kind of thorn tree
(
Crat[ae]gus Azarolus); also, its fruit.
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