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Medlars

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Noun

1. medical literature analysis and retrieval system, medlars

relational database of the United States National Library of Medicine for the storage and retrieval of bibliographical information concerning the biomedical literature

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Medlars

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noun
1. 
a small Eurasian rosaceous tree, Mespilus germanica
2. 
the fruit of this tree, which resembles the crab apple and is not edible until it has begun to decay
3. 
any of several other rosaceous trees or their fruits

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Medlars

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noun
1. 
a small tree (Mespilus germanica) of the rose family, growing in Europe and Asia
2. 
its small, brown, applelike fruit, hard and bitter when ripe and eaten or used in preserves when partly decayed

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Medlars

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n.
1. A deciduous European tree (Mespilus germanica) in the rose family, having white flowers and edible apple-shaped fruit.
2. The fruit of this plant, eaten fresh or made into preserves.

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