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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as medlar, 1.

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Examples

  • In the garden of the latter is preserved a medlar-tree, planted by "the sweet singer of the temple."

    Notes and Queries, Number 55, November 16, 1850 Various

  • The Persimmon, which the French of the colony call Placminier, very much resembles our medlar-tree in its leaf and wood: its flower, which is about an inch and a half broad, is white, and is composed of five petals; its fruit is about the size of a large hen's egg; it is shaped like our medlar, but its substance is sweeter and more delicate.

    History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing -1775 Le Page du Pratz

  • Bemerton, we thought, was a lovely little village, and there was a fig-tree and a medlar-tree in the rectory garden, which Herbert himself was said to have planted with his own hands.

    From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor

  • The roses had run wild, and their straggling suckers trailed across the paths; in the box borders flared great red poppies; tall foxgloves drooped above the tangled grasses; and the old vine, untrained and barren of fruit, swayed from the branches of the neglected medlar-tree, shaking a leafy head with slow and sad persistence.

    The Gadfly 1912

  • So we all four sat together in the shade of the Japanese medlar-tree and talked about the changes in the town since my last visit.

    Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions Henry Festing Jones 1889

  • There were also many hawthorn-trees, with leaves as large as those of the oak, and fruit like that of the medlar-tree.

    The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 John [Editor] Rudd 1885

  • She was agreeably surprised to find such a good-sized room in the cottage; it was decidedly low, and the windows were not plate-glass, but she thought that on summer mornings they might sit there very comfortably looking out at the lawn and the medlar-tree.

    Not Like Other Girls Rosa Nouchette Carey 1874

  • That they should be sitting in this mean little parlor, where there was hardly room to move, looking out at the little strip of grass, and the medlar-tree, and the empty greenhouse!

    Not Like Other Girls Rosa Nouchette Carey 1874

  • The only possible place was in a large old medlar-tree which stood in the middle of the grass plot, with a wooden bench and table under it.

    Penelope and the Others Story of Five Country Children Amy Walton 1873

  • Ambrose's help the cage was soon fixed in a good position in the medlar-tree, where the jackdaw could not fail to see it if he came back.

    Penelope and the Others Story of Five Country Children Amy Walton 1873

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