WILD MEDLAR TREE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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 ("wild medlar tree" 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 "wild medlar tree"):

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

Holonyms ("wild medlar tree" is a member of...):

genus Vangueria; Vangueria (tropical African and Asiatic trees and shrubs having one-seeded fruit)