medlar : Idioms & Phrases
Japan medlar
(Bot.) , the loquat. SeeLoquat .
Webster 1913
japanese medlar
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noun evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan
loquat; loquat tree; Japanese plum; Eriobotrya japonica.
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medlar tree
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noun small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples
Mespilus germanica; medlar.
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Neapolitan medlar
(Bot.) , a kind of thorn tree (Cratægus Azarolus ); also, its fruit.
Webster 1913
wild medlar
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noun small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit
medlar; Vangueria infausta; wild medlar.
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wild medlar tree
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noun small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit
medlar; Vangueria infausta; wild medlar.