Library / English Dictionary

JAPANESE MEDLAR

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan

Synonyms:

Eriobotrya japonica; Japanese medlar; Japanese plum; loquat; loquat tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Japanese medlar" is a kind of...):

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "Japanese medlar"):

Japanese plum; loquat (yellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone and relatively little flesh; used for jellies)

Holonyms ("Japanese medlar" is a member of...):

Eriobotrya; genus Eriobotrya (Asiatic evergreen fruit trees)

Credits