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GENUS MESPILUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Mespilus mean?
• GENUS MESPILUS (noun)
The noun GENUS MESPILUS has 1 sense:
1. medlars
Familiarity information: GENUS MESPILUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Medlars
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Mespilus; Mespilus
Hypernyms ("genus Mespilus" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Mespilus"):
medlar; medlar tree; Mespilus germanica (small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples)
Holonyms ("genus Mespilus" is a member of...):
family Rosaceae; Rosaceae; rose family (a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens)
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