Medlar (Noun)
Meaning 1
Small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
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Meaning 2
Crabapple-like fruit used for preserves.
Classification
Nouns denoting foods and drinks.
Examples
- A medlar is a fruit often used for making jams and preserves due to its sweet, slightly tart taste.
- Medlars were once a staple of English cooking but have largely been replaced by other types of fruits in jams and preserves.
- The fruit of the medlar tree is inedible when raw and must be allowed to ripen or 'blett' before being eaten or used for cooking purposes.
- Wild medlars can still be found growing throughout Europe and Asia and have become popular with gardeners looking to plant unusual fruit trees.
- By harvest time, the medlar will have turned from green to a darker red or yellow color signaling it is ready to use for making jams, preserves and desserts.
Meaning 3
Small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
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Hypernyms
Meaning 4
A South African globular fruit with brown leathery skin and pithy flesh having a sweet-acid taste.
Classification
Nouns denoting foods and drinks.