medlar

UK /ˈmɛdlə/ US /ˈmɛdlɚ/

noun 5

Collocations

ADJ.

big, figgy, hard, heated, juicy, rotten, soft, under

VERB + MEDLAR

gave, made, make, makes, planted, playing, sat, sells

MEDLAR + NOUN

cheese, jelly, pips, rima, squeeze, tree, years

PREP.

ADV.

away, quite, really

noun

Mespilus germanica, common medlar (now often Crataegus germanica).

Any tree of the genus Mespilus, now Crataegus sect. Mespilus, including many species now in other genera.

Any of several similar trees that bear similar fruit:

I was once before him for getting a wench with child....but I was fain to forswear it; they would else have married me to the rotten medlar.

Wiktionary

Ziri was playing under a medlar tree.

Tatoeba · #11476910

Ziri sat under a medlar tree.

Tatoeba · #11476911

Medlar seeds are big.

Tatoeba · #11476917

Ziri made a medlar jelly.

Tatoeba · #11476956

Ziri planted this medlar tree six years ago.

Tatoeba · #11476960

not saved

0 chars