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Definition of 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 Mespilus
Literary usage of Mespilus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1866)
"mespilus (Lat. ; Gr. iil<n<i\t>v, the Medlar- tree'). The botanical name of the
genus of the Medlar. The common medlar is called mespilus germánica. ..."
2. The Woods and By-ways of New England by Wilson Flagg (1872)
"THE SNOWY mespilus. THIS tree, which is conspicuous in the early part of May ...
The Snowy mespilus is one of those trees which botanists have described ..."
3. A Year Among the Trees: Or, The Woods and By-ways of New England by Wilson Flagg (1881)
"The Snowy mespilus is one of those trees which botanists have described under so
many different names that I should shrink from the task, if the duty were ..."
4. A Year Among the Trees: Or, The Woods and By-ways of New England by Wilson Flagg (1881)
"A SMALLER species of mespilus, familiarly known as the Chokeberry, is more
interesting as a flowering plant. It is a slender shrub, with beautiful finely ..."
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