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Medlar (Mespilus germanica ) is a large shrub or small tree cultivated for its edible fruits.
Medlar or medlars may also refer to:
Plants
Mespilus or medlars, a genus of plants
Mespilus canescens , Stern's medlar, a close relative of the cultivated medlar, in family Rosaceae
Crataegus azarolus , azarole or Mediterranean medlar, in family Rosaceae
Eriobotrya , a genus formerly included in Mespilus
Eriobotrya japonica , the Japanese medlar or loquat, formerly called Mespilus japonica
Mimusops elengi , medlar or bullet wood, a tree native to Asia and Australia, in family Sapotaceae
Vangueria infausta , the African medlar, in family Rubiaceae
Wolfberry (Lycium species), also called red medlar, in family Solanaceae
Places
People
Other uses
MEDLARS , a computerized biomedical bibliographic retrieval system
I Malavoglia or The House by the Medlar Tree , 1881 novel by Giovanni Verga
See also
Topics referred to by the same term