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n. A deciduous European tree (Mespilus germanica) having white flowers and edible apple-shaped fruit.

n. The fruit of this plant, eaten fresh or made into preserves.

n. A tree of the genus Mespilus

n. the fruit of the tree. The fruit is something like a small apple, and it is not eaten until it has begun to decay, or more properly, blet.

n. A tree of the genus Mespilus (Mespilus Germanica); also, the fruit of the tree. The fruit is something like a small apple, but has a bony endocarp. When first gathered the flesh is hard and austere, and it is not eaten until it has begun to decay.

n. A small, generally bushy tree, Mespilus Germanica, related to the crab-apple, cultivated in gardens for its fruit. It is wild in central and southern Europe, but was introduced from western Asia. See Mespilus.

n. The fruit of the above tree, resembling a small brown-skinned apple, but with a broad disk at the summit surrounded by the remains of the calyx-lobes.

n. small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit

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

n. crabapple-like fruit used for preserves

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

"His face was wrinkled and brown, like the exterior of that incomprehensible fruit the medlar, which is never ripe till it is bad, and then it is to be avoided."

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