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GENUS MESPILUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Mespilus mean? 

GENUS MESPILUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS MESPILUS has 1 sense:

1. medlarsplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS MESPILUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS MESPILUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Medlars

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Mespilus; Mespilus

Hypernyms ("genus Mespilus" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Mespilus"):

medlar; medlar tree; Mespilus germanica (small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples)

Holonyms ("genus Mespilus" is a member of...):

family Rosaceae; Rosaceae; rose family (a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens)


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