medlar

noun

crabapple-like fruit used for preserves

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

small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples

small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit

Roots

mespilonmedlar- · Greek · medlar fruit/tree (via Latin mespilum, French medler)

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