Medlar

Medlar

Medlar may refer to:

  • Either of the two tree species in the genus Mespilus, in family Rosaceae
  • Crataegus azarolus, azarole, also called Mediterranean medlar, in family Rosaceae
  • Eriobotrya japonica, the Japanese medlar or loquat, formerly called Mespilus japonica, in family Rosaceae
  • Mimusops elengi, also called Bullet wood, native to Asia and Australia, in family Sapotaceae
  • Vangueria infausta, the African medlar, in family Rubiaceae
  • Wolfberry, (Lycium species), also called red medlar, in family Solanaceae

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People named Medlar

In literature

  • Common medlar, the fruit of Mespilus germanica, has been used as a metaphor
    • for age, particularly premature age
    • in British plays from the 16th and 17th centuries, references to the fruit are associated with a bawdy name for it: "open-arses"

See also

  • MEDLARS, a computerized biomedical bibliographic retrieval system

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  • Medlar — Med lar, n. [OE. medler medlar tree, OF. meslier, F. n[ e]flier, L. mespilum, mespilus, Gr. ?, ?. Cf. {Naseberry}.] A tree of the genus {Mespilus} ({Mespilus Germanica}); also, the fruit of the tree. The fruit is something like a small apple, but …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • medlar — small fruit bearing tree, mid 14c. (in reference to the fruit itself), from O.Fr. medler, variant of mesple, from L. mespila fruit of the medlar, from Gk. mespilion, a foreign word of unknown origin. The Old English name was openærs, lit. open… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Medlar — Medlar, s. Stöcke …   Lexikon der gesamten Technik

  • medlar — ► NOUN ▪ a small brown apple like fruit. ORIGIN Old French medler, from Greek mespil …   English terms dictionary

  • medlar — [med′lər] n. [ME medler < OFr medler, meslier < mesle, the fruit < L mespilum < Gr mespilon] 1. a small tree (Mespilus germanica) of the rose family, growing in Europe and Asia 2. its small, brown, applelike fruit, hard and bitter… …   English World dictionary

  • Medlar — Recorded as Medlar, Medler and Midler, this is an English surname. It has two possible origins, both locational. The first is from the place called Medlar, a village in Lancashire, and recorded in the Cockersand Chartulary of 1215 as Midelarge .… …   Surnames reference

  • medlar — noun 1》 a small bushy tree of the rose family. [Mespilus germanica.] 2》 the small brown apple like fruit of the medlar, edible once it has begun to decay. Origin ME: from OFr. medler, from medle medlar fruit , from L. mespila, from Gk mespilē,… …   English new terms dictionary

  • medlar — baltažiedė šliandra statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Erškėtinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, vaisinis augalas (Mespilus germanica), paplitęs pietų Europoje ir centrinėje Azijoje. atitikmenys: lot. Mespilus germanica; Pyrus germanica angl. medlar;… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • medlar — šliandra statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Erškėtinių (Rosaceae) šeimos augalų gentis (Mespilus). atitikmenys: lot. Mespilus angl. medlar; medlar tree vok. Mispel rus. мушмула lenk. nieszpułka …   Dekoratyvinių augalų vardynas

  • 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

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