Neapolitan medlar — Neapolitan medlar, = azarole. (Cf. ↑azarole) … Useful english dictionary
Medlar — Med lar, n. [OE. medler medlar tree, OF. meslier, F. n[ e]flier, L. mespilum, mespilus, Gr. ?, ?. Cf. {Naseberry}.] A tree of the genus {Mespilus} ({Mespilus Germanica}); also, the fruit of the tree. The fruit is something like a small apple, but … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Japan medlar — Medlar Med lar, n. [OE. medler medlar tree, OF. meslier, F. n[ e]flier, L. mespilum, mespilus, Gr. ?, ?. Cf. {Naseberry}.] A tree of the genus {Mespilus} ({Mespilus Germanica}); also, the fruit of the tree. The fruit is something like a small… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Crataegus Azarolus — Medlar Med lar, n. [OE. medler medlar tree, OF. meslier, F. n[ e]flier, L. mespilum, mespilus, Gr. ?, ?. Cf. {Naseberry}.] A tree of the genus {Mespilus} ({Mespilus Germanica}); also, the fruit of the tree. The fruit is something like a small… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Mespilus Germanica — Medlar Med lar, n. [OE. medler medlar tree, OF. meslier, F. n[ e]flier, L. mespilum, mespilus, Gr. ?, ?. Cf. {Naseberry}.] A tree of the genus {Mespilus} ({Mespilus Germanica}); also, the fruit of the tree. The fruit is something like a small… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Azarole — Az a*role, n. [F. azerole, the name of the fruit, fr. Ar. az zo r?r: cf. It. azzeruolo, Sp. acerolo.] (Bot.) The Neapolitan medlar ({Crat[ae]gus azarolus}), a shrub of southern Europe; also, its fruit. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Crataegus azarolus — Azarole Az a*role, n. [F. azerole, the name of the fruit, fr. Ar. az zo r?r: cf. It. azzeruolo, Sp. acerolo.] (Bot.) The Neapolitan medlar ({Crat[ae]gus azarolus}), a shrub of southern Europe; also, its fruit. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
azarole — noun The Neapolitan medlar, Crataegus azarolus, a shrub of southern Europe; also, its fruit … Wiktionary
az|a|role — «AZ uh rohl», noun. 1. the slightly acid, pleasantly flavored fruit, about the size of a cherry, of a species of hawthorn of southern Europe. 2. the tree itself. Also, Neapolitan medlar. ╂[< French azerole < Arabic az zu rūr] … Useful english dictionary
Italian literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the Italian language that had its beginnings in the 13th century. Until that time nearly all literary work composed in the Middle Ages was written in Latin. Moreover, it was predominantly… … Universalium
