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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 could I do good service by the young maiden who there set it, I should be rendering back good service done; for if that flower has not battled the devil in my nose this night, and beaten him, my head's a medlar!' ...

— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith

... as I mused, I cast aside my eye, And saw a medlar-tree was planted nigh. The spreading branches made a goodly show, And full of opening blooms was every bough: A goldfinch there I saw, with gaudy pride Of painted plumes, that hopp'd from side to side, Still pecking as she pass'd; and still she drew The sweets from every ...

— The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Vol II - With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes • John Dryden

... the road, thirty-four feet, which in Herbert's time was forty feet, as the building shows. On the south is a grass-plat sloping down to the river, whence is a beautiful view of Sarum Cathedral in the distance. A very aged fig-tree grows against the end of the house, and a medlar in the garden, both, traditionally, planted ...

— Notes and Queries, Number 58, December 7, 1850 • Various

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