medlar
Mespilus germanica, common medlar (now often Crataegus germanica).
Any tree of the genus Mespilus, now Crataegus sect. Mespilus, including many species now in other genera.
Stern's medlar (Crataegus × canescens: family Rosaceae).
Mediterranean medlar or azarole (Crataegus azarolus: family Rosaceae).
Japanese medlar or loquat (Eriobotrya japonica: family Rosaceae).
Spanish medlar or bulletwood (Mimusops elengi: family Sapotaceae).
African medlar (Vangueria infausta: family Rubiaceae).
Wolfberry, goji, red medlar (Lycium spp.).
The fruit of such trees, similar to small apples
Especially that of Crataegus sect. Mespilus, not eaten until it has begun to decay, or more specifically, to blet.
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