medlar.
Mespilus germanica, common medlar (now often Crataegus germanica).
Meaning & usage
Mespilus germanica, common medlar (now often Crataegus germanica).
Any tree of the genus Mespilus, now Crataegus sect. Mespilus, including many species now in other genera.
Any of several similar trees that bear similar fruit: Stern's medlar (Crataegus × canescens: family Rosaceae).
Any of several similar trees that bear similar fruit: Mediterranean medlar or azarole (Crataegus azarolus: family Rosaceae).
Any of several similar trees that bear similar fruit: Japanese medlar or loquat (Eriobotrya japonica: family Rosaceae).
Any of several similar trees that bear similar fruit: Spanish medlar or bulletwood (Mimusops elengi: family Sapotaceae).
Any of several similar trees that bear similar fruit: African medlar (Vangueria infausta: family Rubiaceae).
Any of several similar trees that bear similar fruit: Wolfberry, goji, red medlar (Lycium spp.).
The fruit of such trees, similar to small apples
The fruit of such trees, similar to small apples: Especially that of Crataegus sect. Mespilus, not eaten until it has begun to decay, or more specifically, to blet.
A woman or a woman's genitalia (as the fruit's appearance resembles an "open-arse").
Where this word comes from
From Middle English medler, medeler, from Old French medler, meslier, from medle, mesdle (“medlar fruit”), from Latin mespilum, from Ancient Greek μέσπιλον (méspilon). Related to the rare mesple, via Proto-West Germanic *mespilā. Displaced Old English openærs (“open-arse”) (and similar names, from anatomical comparison).
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