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views updated May 21 2018medlar The fruit of
Mespilus germanica. Can be eaten fresh from the tree in Mediterranean areas but in colder climates, as in
Britain, does not become palatable until it is half rotten (bletted). Japanese medlar is the
loquat.
A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition DAVID A. BENDER
medlar
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views updated May 21 2018medlar (fruit of) the tree so named,
Mespilus germanica. XIV. — OF.
medler, f. *
medle, for *
mesdle,
mesle :- L.
mespila,
-us,
-um — Gr.
mespílē,
méspilon.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD
medlar
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views updated May 14 2018 A Dictionary of Plant Sciences MICHAEL ALLABY
