medlar

A deciduous European tree (Mespilus germanica) in the rose family, having white flowers and edible apple-shaped fruit.

The fruit of this plant, eaten fresh or made into preserves.

A small, generally bushy tree, Mespilus Germanica, related to the crab-apple, cultivated in gardens for its fruit. It is wild in central and southern Europe, but was introduced from western Asia. See Mespilus.

The fruit of the above tree, resembling a small brown-skinned apple, but with a broad disk at the summit surrounded by the remains of the calyx-lobes.

A tree of the genus Mespilus (Mespilus 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.

the loquat. See Loquat.

a kind of thorn tree (Cratægus Azarolus); also, its fruit.

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, blet.

small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit