Medlar definition
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Origin of medlar
- Middle English medler from Old French meslier, medler from mesle, medle fruit of the medlar from Late Latin mespila from Greek mespilē
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Via Middle English from Old French medler, from medle (“medlar fruit"), from Latin mespila, from Ancient Greek μέσπιλον (mespilon)
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