medlar
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Via Middle English from Old French medler, from medle (“medlar fruit”), from Latin mespila, from Ancient Greek μέσπιλον
Noun[edit]
medlar (plural medlars)
- A tree of the genus Mespilus
- the fruit of the tree. The fruit is something like a small apple, and it is not eaten until it has begun to decay, or more properly, to blet.
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Translations[edit]
tree
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fruit
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Verb[edit]
medlar
- present tense of medla.
