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MEDLAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does medlar mean? 

MEDLAR (noun)
  The noun MEDLAR has 4 senses:

1. small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit
2. small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples
3. a South African globular fruit with brown leathery skin and pithy flesh having a sweet-acid taste
4. crabapple-like fruit used for preserves

  Familiarity information: MEDLAR used as a noun is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


MEDLAR (noun)


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Meaning:

Small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

medlar; Vangueria infausta; wild medlar; wild medlar tree

Hypernyms ("medlar" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Meronyms (parts of "medlar"):

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

Holonyms ("medlar" is a member of...):

genus Vangueria; Vangueria (tropical African and Asiatic trees and shrubs having one-seeded fruit)


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Meaning:

Small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

medlar tree; Mespilus germanica; medlar

Hypernyms ("medlar" is a kind of...):

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "medlar"):

medlar (crabapple-like fruit used for preserves)

Holonyms ("medlar" is a member of...):

genus Mespilus; Mespilus (medlars)


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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("medlar" is a kind of...):

edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)

Holonyms ("medlar" is a part of...):

medlar; Vangueria infausta; wild medlar; wild medlar tree (small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit)


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Meaning:

Crabapple-like fruit used for preserves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("medlar" is a kind of...):

edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)

Holonyms ("medlar" is a part of...):

medlar; medlar tree; Mespilus germanica (small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples)


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