- GREEK MEDLAR
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English-Latin dictionary. 2014.
English-Latin dictionary. 2014.
medlar — ► NOUN ▪ a small brown apple like fruit. ORIGIN Old French medler, from Greek mespil … English terms dictionary
medlar — noun Etymology: Middle English medeler, from Anglo French medler, from medle medlar fruit, from Latin mespilum, from Greek mespilon Date: 14th century a small deciduous Eurasian tree (Mespilus germanica) of the rose family whose fruit resembles a … New Collegiate Dictionary
medlar — /ˈmɛdlə/ (say medluh) noun 1. a small tree, Mespilus germanica, the fruit of which resembles an open topped crabapple and is not edible until in the early stages of decay. 2. its fruit. 3. any of certain other trees. 4. the fruit of such a tree.… …
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med|lar — «MEHD luhr», noun. 1. a fruit that looks like a small brown apple; mespil. It is picked after frost and ripened, and usually preserved. »You ll be rotten before you are half ripe, and that s the right virtue of a medlar (Shakespeare). 2. the… … Useful english dictionary
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