Definition of Medler
Med"lar (?), n. [OE. medler
medlar tree, OF. meslier, F. néflier, L.
mespilum, mespilus, Gr. &?;, &?;. Cf.
Naseberry.] A tree of the genus Mespilus (M.
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.
Japan medlar (Bot.), the loquat. See
Loquat. -- Neapolitan medlar
(Bot.), a kind of thorn tree (Cratægus
Azarolus); also, its fruit.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
MEDLAR. A fruit, vulgarly called an open a-se; of which
it is more truly than delicately said, that it is never ripe
till it is as rotten as a t--d, and then it is not worth a
f--t.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- A tree of the genus Mespilus; also, the fruit of the tree. The fruit is something like a small apple, and it is not eaten until it has begun to decay.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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