Medlar
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈmɛdlə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Medlar is a noun meaning Mespilus germanica, common medlar (now often Crataegus germanica).
Meaning
Mespilus germanica, common medlar (now often Crataegus germanica).
More Meanings
- 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:
- The fruit of such trees, similar to small apples:
- (derogatory, intended sexually) A woman or a woman's genitalia (as the fruit's appearance resembles an "open-arse").
Example Sentences
I was once before him for getting a wench with child....but I was fain to forswear it; they would else have married me to the rotten medlar.
Word Forms
- medlars
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mespilus, open-arse, mulberry, hackberry, crabapple, mayhaw.
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