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

medlar

/ˈmɛdlə

noun

1A small bushy tree of the rose family.

Mespilus germanica, family Rosaceae.

The largest is a cherry tree, which is pruned to keep it in check, and there are vines, peaches, medlar and mulberry bushes to provide fruit.

1.1The small brown apple-like fruit of the medlar, which is only edible after it has begun to decay.Fruits include the indigenous melons, grapes, mulberries, peaches, apricots, nectarines, and pomegranates, as well as medlars, persimmons, oranges, melons, and sweet lemons....

In the back are pots containing a fruit paradise of quinces, medlars, lemons, pomegranates, citrons, even a limequat that apparently makes a mean marmalade.
There are plenty of colourful fruits about, including dessert, culinary and crab apples, pears and medlars.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French medler, from medle 'medlar fruit', from Latin mespila, from Greek mespilē, mespilon.

单词	medlar
释义	medlar /ˈmɛdlə / noun 1A small bushy tree of the rose family. Mespilus germanica, family Rosaceae. The largest is a cherry tree, which is pruned to keep it in check, and there are vines, peaches, medlar and mulberry bushes to provide fruit. 1.1The small brown apple-like fruit of the medlar, which is only edible after it has begun to decay.Fruits include the indigenous melons, grapes, mulberries, peaches, apricots, nectarines, and pomegranates, as well as medlars, persimmons, oranges, melons, and sweet lemons.... In the back are pots containing a fruit paradise of quinces, medlars, lemons, pomegranates, citrons, even a limequat that apparently makes a mean marmalade. There are plenty of colourful fruits about, including dessert, culinary and crab apples, pears and medlars. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French medler, from medle 'medlar fruit', from Latin mespila, from Greek mespilē, mespilon. Rhymes pedlar
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