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Definition of Medlar tree

1. Noun. Small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Medlar Tree

Literary usage of Medlar tree

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"An obsolete form of medley. medle-treet, "• [ME.] Same as medlar-tree. ... the medlar-tree.] 1. A small, generally ,_., bushy tree, Mespilus ''f.'•]. ..."

2. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1898)
"... bу the medlar tree, The, by ^ ^ Giovanni Verga, is a realistic and touching story of lower-class life in an Italian fishing village. ..."

3. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"... should be called a medie, but the word is obsolete ; the medlar is so called because it bears medies. ME medier, a medlar-tree ; Rom. of the Rose, 1375. ..."

4. The Message of the Trees: An Anthology of Leaves and Branches by Maud Cuney-Hare, William Stanley Braithwaite (1918)
"THERE IS A MEDLAR-TREE [Sappho] There is a Medlar-tree Growing in front of my lover's house, And there all day The wind makes a pleasant sound. ..."

5. Trees & Shrubs for English Gardens by Ernest Thomas Cook (1908)
"A medlar tree, with its large white bloom and handsome leaves, is desirable, and several of the Services are ornamental small trees. ..."

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