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Any member of the flowering plant genus Mespilus (now Crataegus sect. Mespilus), of medlars..
Use mespilus when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Mespilus means Any member of the flowering plant genus Mespilus (now Crataegus sect. Mespilus), of medlars..
Common synonyms include genus mespilus.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use mespilus where its definition matches the intended context.
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