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GENUS MESPILUS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Medlars

Synonyms:

genus Mespilus; Mespilus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Mespilus" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Mespilus"):

medlar; medlar tree; Mespilus germanica (small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples)

Holonyms ("genus Mespilus" is a member of...):

family Rosaceae; Rosaceae; rose family (a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens)

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