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WILD MEDLAR

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Meaning:

Small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit

Synonyms:

medlar; Vangueria infausta; wild medlar; wild medlar tree

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("wild 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 "wild medlar"):

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

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

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

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