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Definition of Japanese medlar
1. Noun. Evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan.
Terms within: Japanese Plum, Loquat
Group relationships: Eriobotrya, Genus Eriobotrya
Generic synonyms: Fruit Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Japanese Medlar
Literary usage of Japanese medlar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plant Life of Alabama: An Account of the Distribution, Modes of Association by Charles Theodore Mohr (1901)
"... the sweet and bitter orange and loquat, or japanese medlar are cultivated,
and also the grape. These fruits are, however, not yet planted sufficiently ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1908)
"In 1885 Lehmann obtained from the seeds of the japanese medlar {Eriobotrya japonica)
... glucoside might be present in the seeds of japanese medlar fruits, ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1908)
"In 1885 Lehmann obtained from the seeds of the japanese medlar {Eriobotrya japonica)
... glucoside might be present in the seeds of japanese medlar fruits, ..."
4. Manual of Tropical and Subtropical Fruits: Excluding the Banana, Coconut by Wilson Popenoe (1920)
"While the name loquat is universally recognized among English-speaking peoples
as the correct one for this fruit, it is sometimes called japanese medlar and ..."
5. A guide to the Maltese islands by George Nelson Godwin (1880)
"The japanese medlar is in leaf: the cauliflower, artichoke, and saffron bloom.
The japanese medlar bears fruit. We remark the shedding of leaves by the vine ..."
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