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Medlar

noun

Small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit. Synonyms: Vangueria infausta, wild medlar, wild medlar tree.

Small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples. Synonyms: medlar tree, Mespilus germanica.

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

Crabapple-like fruit used for preserves.

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"Medlar" Quotes from Famous Books

... as I mused, I cast aside my eye, And saw a medlar-tree was planted nigh. The spreading branches made a goodly show, And full of opening blooms was every bough: A goldfinch there I saw, with gaudy pride Of painted plumes, that hopp'd from side to side, Still pecking as she pass'd; ...

— The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Vol II - With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes • John Dryden

... as a vegetable and stuffed with forced meat; the flesh of the granadilla, which resembles it, is neglected, while the seeds and their surroundings are flavoured with sherry and sugar. There is an abundance of the Eriobotrya Japonica, in Madeira called the loquat and elsewhere the Japanese medlar: it grows wild in the Brazil, where the people distil from it. [Footnote: I cannot yet decide whether its birthplace is Japan or South America, whose plants have now invaded Western India and greatly altered ...

— To the Gold Coast for Gold - A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Vol. I • Richard F. Burton

... a while, and I made the dogs release the poor sow, who immediately resumed her feast on a small fruit, which had fallen from the trees, and, scattered on the ground, had evidently tempted the voracious beast to this part. I took up one of these apples, which somewhat resembled a medlar, and opening it, found the contents of a rich and juicy nature, but did not venture to taste it till we had put it to the usual test. We collected a quantity—I even broke a loaded branch from the tree, and we returned to our party. Master Knips no sooner saw them ...

— The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island • Johann David Wyss

Words linked to "Medlar" : wild medlar tree, tree, wild medlar, edible fruit, fruit tree, Vangueria, Mespilus, genus Vangueria, genus Mespilus