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medlars

medlars is the plural of medlar.

Meaning of medlar

Noun

medlar (plural medlars)

  1. Mespilus germanica, common medlar (now often Crataegus germanica).
  2. Any tree of the genus Mespilus, now Crataegus sect. Mespilus, including many species now in other genera.
  3. Stern's medlar (Crataegus × canescens: family Rosaceae).
  4. Mediterranean medlar or azarole (Crataegus azarolus: family Rosaceae).
  5. Japanese medlar or loquat (Eriobotrya japonica: family Rosaceae).
  6. Spanish medlar or bulletwood (Mimusops elengi: family Sapotaceae).

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Phrases with medlars

Questions about medlars

What is medlars the plural of?
Medlars is the plural of medlar.

Words near medlars in the dictionary

  1. medkits
  2. medlab
  3. medlabs
  4. Medland
  5. medlar
  6. medlars
  7. medle
  8. Medlen
  9. Medlens
  10. Medler
  11. Medlers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: medlars (page history and authors); medlar (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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