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Definition of Genus mespilus
1. Noun. Medlars.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Rosaceae, Rosaceae, Rose Family
Member holonyms: Medlar, Medlar Tree, Mespilus Germanica
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Mespilus
Literary usage of Genus mespilus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ladies' Companion to the Flower Garden: Being an Alphabetical by Jane (Webb) Loudon (1865)
"Now, however, the genus Mespilus is confined to the two kinds of Medlars ; and
even of these, M. grandiflora seems rather doubtful. ..."
2. Gardening for Ladies: And Companion to the Flower-garden by Loudon (Jane), Andrew Jackson Downing (1843)
"Now, however, the genus Mespilus is confined to the two kinds of Medlars; and
even of these, M. grandiflora seems rather doubtful. ..."
3. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings by John Lubbock (1892)
"P. germanica and Mespilus grandiflora, often classed together under the genus
Mespilus, have a bony endocarp, and the shape of the seed is modified by it. ..."
4. Familiar Trees by George Simonds Boulger (1907)
"... who classes the tree in the genus Mespilus (with the Medlars, that is), calls
it Mespilus Apii folio sylvestris non spinosa, or Thornless Wild ..."
5. The Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Home Farmer (1881)
"... and closely allied to the genus Mespilus. The fruit is about the size of a
large Gooseberry, yellow and downy, somewhat resembling the Apple in flavour, ..."
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