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MEDLAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Crabapple-like fruit used for preserves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("medlar" is a kind of...):
edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)
Holonyms ("medlar" is a part of...):
medlar; medlar tree; Mespilus germanica (small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A South African globular fruit with brown leathery skin and pithy flesh having a sweet-acid taste
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("medlar" is a kind of...):
edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)
Holonyms ("medlar" is a part of...):
medlar; Vangueria infausta; wild medlar; wild medlar tree (small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples
Synonyms:
medlar; medlar tree; Mespilus germanica
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("medlar" is a kind of...):
fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)
Meronyms (parts of "medlar"):
medlar (crabapple-like fruit used for preserves)
Holonyms ("medlar" is a member of...):
genus Mespilus; Mespilus (medlars)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit
Synonyms:
medlar; Vangueria infausta; wild medlar; wild medlar tree
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("medlar" is a kind of...):
tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)
Meronyms (parts of "medlar"):
medlar (a South African globular fruit with brown leathery skin and pithy flesh having a sweet-acid taste)
Holonyms ("medlar" is a member of...):
genus Vangueria; Vangueria (tropical African and Asiatic trees and shrubs having one-seeded fruit)
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