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    WILD MEDLAR TREE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruitplay

    Synonyms:

    medlar; Vangueria infausta; wild medlar; wild medlar tree

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("wild medlar tree" is a kind of...):

    tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

    Meronyms (parts of "wild medlar tree"):

    medlar (a South African globular fruit with brown leathery skin and pithy flesh having a sweet-acid taste)

    Holonyms ("wild medlar tree" is a member of...):

    genus Vangueria; Vangueria (tropical African and Asiatic trees and shrubs having one-seeded fruit)

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