Definitions for medlar

medlar med·lar

Spelling: [med-ler]
IPA: /ˈmɛd lər/

Medlar is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 151 anagrams from letters in medlar (adelmr).

Definitions for medlar

noun

  1. a small tree, Mespilus germanica, of the rose family, the fruit of which resembles a crab apple and is not edible until the early stages of decay.
  2. any of certain related trees.
  3. the fruit of any of these trees.

Origin of medlar

1325-75; Middle English medler Anglo-French, equivalent to medle (Old French mesle the fruit Latin mespilum Greek méspilon) + -er -er2

Examples for medlar

"The message within is no medlar to soften by keeping," said Emlyn.

The latter is a sort of medlar, which all hands pronounced delicious.

The reddish-brown fruits are small for a medlar, and ripen in October.

She's the most like a medlar of any thing, for she's never ripe till she's rotten.

In the ornaments of the doorway we see the ammonite and medlar.

But indeed, Mr. medlar, you should not sacrifice your constitution to your benevolence.

Not at all: Witwoud grows by the knight like a medlar grafted on a crab.

There are bushes again and a magnolia, and a Japanese medlar, and there is moss.

The Dutch medlar is most prized, as it bears the largest fruit.

The fruit may be eaten after it has begun to decay, as in the case of the medlar.

Word Value for medlar
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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