See Also: medlar(medicine)
medlar(dictionary)

medlar (iou)



medlar noun. LME.
[Old French medler from var. of mesle from Latin mespila, -us, -um from Greek mespile, mespilon: for the ending cf. cedar, poplar.]
The tree Mespilus germanica, of the rose family, grown for its fruit (also medlar tree). Also (with specifying word), any of several related trees. LME.
Japanese medlar: see JAPANESE adjective. Neapolitan medlar, oriental medlar the azarole, Crataegus azarolus.
The fruit of the medlar tree, like a small brown-skinned apple with a large cup-shaped 'eye' between the persistent calyx-lobes, which is eaten when half-rotten. LME.