medlar tree

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

   SynonymsmedlarMespilus germanica

   Broaderfruit tree

   Part ofMespilus

   Partsmedlar

Questions about medlar tree

What does medlar tree mean?

medlar tree means "small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples".

What is another word for medlar tree?

Close synonyms include medlar, Mespilus germanica. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is medlar tree a common word?

medlar tree is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.