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MESPILUS

\mˈɛspɪləs], \mˈɛspɪləs], \m_ˈɛ_s_p_ɪ_l_ə_s]\

Definitions of MESPILUS

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases

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medlars

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

medlars

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

The medlar, the fruit, and seeds of the medlar have both been used medicinally: - the immature fruit as an astringent, and the seeds in nephritio diseases. See Crataegus Aria and Sorbus acuparia.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

[Gr.] (Bot.) The common medlar, Mespilus Germanica, ord. Rosaceae.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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