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    MEDLAR

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Crabapple-like fruit used for preservesplay

    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 tasteplay

    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 applesplay

    Synonyms:

    medlar; medlar tree; Mespilus germanica

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    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 fruitplay

    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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