Medlar definition

Medlar

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WordNet

(1) Crabapple-like fruit used for preserves

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

(3) Small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples

(4) Small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit

WiktionaryText

A tree of the genus Mespilus
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.