MEDLAR

medlar

(noun) crabapple-like fruit used for preserves

medlar

(noun) a South African globular fruit with brown leathery skin and pithy flesh having a sweet-acid taste

medlar, medlar tree, Mespilus germanica

(noun) small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

medlar (plural medlars)

Mespilus germanica, common medlar (now often Crataegus germanica)

Any tree of the genus Mespilus, now often Crataegus sect. Mespilus, including many species now in other genera.

Any of several similar trees that bear similar fruit

Stern's medlar (Crataegus × canescens: family Rosaceae)

Mediterranean medlar or azarole (Crataegus azarolus: family Rosaceae)

Japanese medlar or loquat (Eriobotrya japonica: family Rosaceae)

Spanish medlar or bulletwood (Mimusops elengi: family Sapotaceae)

African medlar (Vangueria infausta: family Rubiaceae)

Wolfberry, goji, red medlar (Lycium spp.),

The fruit of such trees, similar to small apples

especially that of Crataegus sect. Mespilus, not eaten until it has begun to decay, or more specifically, to blet.

(derogatory, intended sexually) A woman or a woman's genitalia (as the fruit's appearance mimics an "open-arse")

Anagrams

• Delmar, dermal, mardle, marled, merlad

Source: Wiktionary

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Med"lar, n. Etym: [OE. medler medlar tree, OF. meslier, F. néflier, L. mespilum, mespilus, Gr. Naseberry.]

Definition: A tree of the genus Mespilus (M. 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. Japan medlar (Bot.), the loquat. See Loquat.

– Neapolitan medlar (Bot.), a kind of thorn tree (Cratægus Azarolus); also, its fruit.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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