medlar

Meaning

Noun

• Mespilus germanica, common medlar (now often Crataegus germanica)
• Any tree of the genus Mespilus (genus), now often Crataegus sect. Mespilus (section), including many species now in other genera.
• Any of several similar trees that bear similar fruit
• The fruit of such trees, similar to small apples
• A woman or a woman's genitalia (as the fruit's appearance mimics an "open-arse")

Origin

• Via Middle English medler, medeler, from Old French medler, meslier, from medle, mesdle, from Latin mespilum, from Ancient Greek μέσπιλον. Related to the rare mesple, via Proto-West Germanic *mespilā.