英语词汇“medlar”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	medlar
释义	Trends of medlar View usage for: medlar in British English (ˈmɛdlə) noun 1. a small Eurasian rosaceous tree, Mespilus germanica 2. the fruit of this tree, which resembles the crab apple and is not edible until it has begun to decay 3. any of several other rosaceous trees or their fruits Word origin C14: from Old French medlier, from Latin mespilum medlar fruit, from Greek mespilon medlar in American English (ˈmɛdlər) noun 1. a small tree (Mespilus germanica) of the rose family, growing in Europe and Asia 2. its small, brown, applelike fruit, hard and bitter when ripe and eaten or used in preserves when partly decayed Word origin ME medler < OFr medler, meslier < mesle, the fruit < L mespilum < Gr mespilon Examples of 'medlar' in a sentence medlar If a peach were at its best when it was as rotten as a medlar, one would soon find a dark, wrinkled peach good-looking. O'Brian, Patrick TESTIMONIES (2003) Fred notices that the twisted branches of the medlar look as if they might be dying. Sara MacDonald SEA MUSIC (2003)
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