medlar

noun12

1. •
   Mespilus germanica, common medlar (now often Crataegus germanica).
2. •
   The fruit of such trees, similar to small apples
3. •
   Especially that of Crataegus sect. Mespilus, not eaten until it has begun to decay, or more specifically, to blet.
4. •
   Any tree of the genus Mespilus, now Crataegus sect. Mespilus, including many species now in other genera.
5. •
   Any of several similar trees that bear similar fruit.
6. •
   Stern's medlar (Crataegus × canescens: family Rosaceae).
7. •
   Mediterranean medlar or azarole (Crataegus azarolus: family Rosaceae).
8. •
   Japanese medlar or loquat (Eriobotrya japonica: family Rosaceae).
9. •
   Spanish medlar or bulletwood (Mimusops elengi: family Sapotaceae).
10. •
    African medlar (Vangueria infausta: family Rubiaceae).
11. •
    Wolfberry, goji, red medlar (Lycium spp.).
12. •
    (offensive) A woman or a woman's genitalia (as the fruit's appearance resembles an "open-arse").

    • 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. — 1603