Definitions of medlar in English
noun
(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.
(5) South African globular fruit with brown leathery skin and sweet-acid pithy flesh.
Examples of medlar in English
(1) The largest is a cherry tree, which is pruned to keep it in check, and there are vines, peaches, medlar and mulberry bushes to provide fruit.
(2) Fruits include the indigenous melons, grapes, mulberries, peaches, apricots, nectarines, and pomegranates, as well as medlars , persimmons, oranges, melons, and sweet lemons.
(3) There were medlars , and apples, and quinces, and cherries, and I think many more that I could not name by their bark or tiny fruit.
(4) There are plenty of colourful fruits about, including dessert, culinary and crab apples, pears and medlars .
(5) In the back are pots containing a fruit paradise of quinces, medlars , lemons, pomegranates, citrons, even a limequat that apparently makes a mean marmalade.
(6) Apples and pears and medlars hang heavy upon the boughs.
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