medlar

/med-ler/US // ˈmɛd lər //UK // (ˈmɛdlə) //

麦德龙,麦德隆,麦德龙树,麦德龙果树

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : a small tree, Mespilus germanica, of the rose family, the fruit of which resembles a crab apple and is not edible until the early stages of decay.
- : any of certain related trees.
- : the fruit of any of these trees.

And certainly a fine Medlar tree "ful of blossomes" is a handsome ornament on any lawn.
In the medlar the core (or true pericarp) is of a stony hardness, while the outer succulent covering is open at the summit.
Now the Stevenyne was full sixty years old, and had a face like a medlar, but all yellowed with bile and anger.
They made their way through the medlar trees and scrub to the plateau above, and, the height gained, they turned to look back.
The pod increases to the size of a large cob-nut or small medlar, and becomes brown as the woolly fruit ripens.