Definition of Genus Mespilus

1. Noun. Medlars.

Exact synonyms: Mespilus
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Rosaceae, Rosaceae, Rose Family
Member holonyms: Medlar, Medlar Tree, Mespilus Germanica

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Mespilus

genus Menyanthes
genus Menziesia
genus Mephitis
genus Mercenaria
genus Mercurialis
genus Mergus
genus Meriones
genus Merlangus
genus Merluccius
genus Merops
genus Mertensia
genus Meryta
genus Mesembryanthemum
genus Mesocricetus
genus Mesohippus
genus Mespilus (current term)
genus Mesua
genus Metasequoia
genus Metroxylon
genus Microcentrum
genus Micrococcus
genus Microdipodops
genus Microgramma
genus Micromeria
genus Micromyx
genus Micropogonias
genus Micropterus
genus Microsorium
genus Microsporum
genus Microstomus

Literary usage of Genus Mespilus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Ladies' Companion to the Flower Garden: Being an Alphabetical by Jane (Webb) Loudon (1865)
"Now, however, the genus Mespilus is confined to the two kinds of Medlars ; and even of these, M. grandiflora seems rather doubtful. ..."

2. Gardening for Ladies: And Companion to the Flower-garden by Loudon (Jane), Andrew Jackson Downing (1843)
"Now, however, the genus Mespilus is confined to the two kinds of Medlars; and even of these, M. grandiflora seems rather doubtful. ..."

3. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings by John Lubbock (1892)
"P. germanica and Mespilus grandiflora, often classed together under the genus Mespilus, have a bony endocarp, and the shape of the seed is modified by it. ..."

4. Familiar Trees by George Simonds Boulger (1907)
"... who classes the tree in the genus Mespilus (with the Medlars, that is), calls it Mespilus Apii folio sylvestris non spinosa, or Thornless Wild ..."

5. The Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Home Farmer (1881)
"... and closely allied to the genus Mespilus. The fruit is about the size of a large Gooseberry, yellow and downy, somewhat resembling the Apple in flavour, ..."

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