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JAPANESE MEDLAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Japanese medlar mean?
• JAPANESE MEDLAR (noun)
The noun JAPANESE MEDLAR has 1 sense:
1. evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan
Familiarity information: JAPANESE MEDLAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Eriobotrya japonica; Japanese medlar; Japanese plum; loquat; loquat tree
Hypernyms ("Japanese medlar" is a kind of...):
fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)
Meronyms (parts of "Japanese medlar"):
Japanese plum; loquat (yellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone and relatively little flesh; used for jellies)
Holonyms ("Japanese medlar" is a member of...):
Eriobotrya; genus Eriobotrya (Asiatic evergreen fruit trees)
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