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Definition of medlar in English: medlarnoun ˈmɛdləˈmɛdlər 1A small bushy tree of the rose family. Mespilus germanica, family Rosaceae Example sentencesExamples - The largest is a cherry tree, which is pruned to keep it in check, and there are vines, peaches, medlar and mulberry bushes to provide fruit.
- 1.1 The small brown apple-like fruit of the medlar, which is only edible after it has begun to decay.
欧楂果 Example sentencesExamples - There are plenty of colourful fruits about, including dessert, culinary and crab apples, pears and medlars.
- There were medlars, and apples, and quinces, and cherries, and I think many more that I could not name by their bark or tiny fruit.
- Fruits include the indigenous melons, grapes, mulberries, peaches, apricots, nectarines, and pomegranates, as well as medlars, persimmons, oranges, melons, and sweet lemons.
- Apples and pears and medlars hang heavy upon the boughs.
- In the back are pots containing a fruit paradise of quinces, medlars, lemons, pomegranates, citrons, even a limequat that apparently makes a mean marmalade.
OriginLate Middle English: from Old French medler, from medle 'medlar fruit', from Latin mespila, from Greek mespilē, mespilon. Definition of medlar in US English: medlarnounˈmedlərˈmɛdlər 1A small bushy tree of the rose family. Mespilus germanica, family Rosaceae Example sentencesExamples - The largest is a cherry tree, which is pruned to keep it in check, and there are vines, peaches, medlar and mulberry bushes to provide fruit.
- 1.1 The small brown apple-like fruit of the medlar, which is only edible after it has begun to decay.
欧楂果 Example sentencesExamples - Fruits include the indigenous melons, grapes, mulberries, peaches, apricots, nectarines, and pomegranates, as well as medlars, persimmons, oranges, melons, and sweet lemons.
- There are plenty of colourful fruits about, including dessert, culinary and crab apples, pears and medlars.
- There were medlars, and apples, and quinces, and cherries, and I think many more that I could not name by their bark or tiny fruit.
- Apples and pears and medlars hang heavy upon the boughs.
- In the back are pots containing a fruit paradise of quinces, medlars, lemons, pomegranates, citrons, even a limequat that apparently makes a mean marmalade.
OriginLate Middle English: from Old French medler, from medle ‘medlar fruit’, from Latin mespila, from Greek mespilē, mespilon. |