different between medlar vs loquat

English

Etymology

Via Middle English medler, medeler, from Old French medler, meslier, from medle, mesdle (“medlar fruit”), from Latin mespilum, from Ancient Greek ???????? (méspilon). Related to the rare mesple, via Proto-West Germanic *mespil?.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?dl?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?dl?/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?medl?/

Noun

medlar (plural medlars)

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

      Synonym: open arse

5. (derogatory, intended sexually) A woman or a woman's genitalia (as the fruit's appearance mimics an "open-arse")
   • c. 1604: Measure for Measure, William Shakespeare

     I was once before him for getting a wench with child....but I was fain to forswear it; they would else have married me to the rotten medlar.

Derived terms

• African medlar (Vangueria infausta)
• common medlar (Mespilus germanica)
• Dutch medlar (Mespilus germanica)
• Japan medlar, Japanese medlar (loquat)
• Mediterranean medlar (Crataegus azarolus)
• Neapolitan medlar (Crataegus azarolus)
• red medlar (Lycium spp.)
• Savoy medlar (Amelanchier ovalis)
• Spanish medlar (Mimusops elengi
• Stern's medlar (Crataegus × canescens)
• Welsh medlar (Crataegus azarolus)

Translations

References

• medlar at OneLook Dictionary Search
• medlar in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• Mespilus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mespilus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Mespilus at Plants of the World Online
• Crataegus at Plants of the World Online
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “medlar”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• Del Mar, Delmar, dermal, mardle, marled, merlad

Swedish

Verb

medlar

1. present tense of medla.

Anagrams

• armled

English

Etymology

From Cantonese ????? (lou4 gwat1).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?lo?kw?t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?l??kw?t/
• Hyphenation: lo?quat

Noun

loquat (plural loquats)

1. The Eriobotrya japonica tree.
2. The fruit of this tree. It is as large as a small plum, but grows in clusters, and contains four or five large seeds.

Synonyms

• Japanese medlar (see medlar)

Related terms

• kumquat

Translations

References

• loquat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Eriobotrya japonica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Eriobotrya japonica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons