Medlar

[medlә]

Definition

(noun.) crabapple-like fruit used for preserves.

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

(noun.) small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples.

Typed by Ernestine--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A tree of the genus Mespilus (M. Germanica); also, the fruit of the tree. The fruit is something like a small apple, but has a bony endocarp. When first gathered the flesh is hard and austere, and it is not eaten until it has begun to decay.

Typist: Melba

Definition

n. a small tree of the rose family or its fruit.

Edited by Gertrude