MEDLAR

mĕdˈlər, small deciduous tree (Mespilus germanica) of the family Rosaceae (rose family), native to Europe and Asia. It has luxuriant foliage and large white or pinkish flowers; in the wild state it is sometimes thorny. The medlar has long been cultivated in parts of Europe for its acid, apple-shaped fruit. It is usually not picked until after it has been touched by frost; then the fruit is stored until the ripening process is completed. It is commonly eaten fresh but is sometimes used for preserves. Medlar is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Rosales, family Rosaceae.

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books on: Medlar  - 238 results

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1.
Historical Encyclopedia of U.S. Independent Counsel Investigations
Book by Gerald S. Greenberg; Greenwood Press, 2000
Subjects: Special Prosecutors--United States
...Cisneros for $250,000. Medlar claimed Cisneros had broken...completed college. In December, Medlar sold her story to the tabloid...15,000. Taped excerpts of Medlars conversations with Cisneros...named in March 1995. Although Medlar had quickly agreed to cooperate...
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Shakespeare's Bawdy
Book by Stanley Wells, Eric Partridge; Routledge, 2001
Subjects: Bawdy Poetry--England--History And Criticism, English Language--Early Modern, 1500-1700--Obscene Words, Sex In Literature, Shakespeare, William--1564-1616--Language--Glossaries, Etc, Vulgarity In Literature
...of Sternes Sentimental Journey : but see the entry at medlar, a medlar being slangily an open arse , (cf. physiologically...several friends and scholars, I conclude that the pun on medlar , slangily known as an open-arse , and poperin pear...
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Composition of Scientific Words: A Manual of Methods and a Lexicon of Materials for the Practice of Logotechnics
Book by Roland Wilbur Brown; Smithsonian Institution Press, 1956
Subjects: English Language--Foreign Elements--Greek, English Language--Foreign Elements--Latin, English Language--Word Formation--Glossaries, Vocabularies, Etc, Science--Terminology
...Gr. epimelis, -idos, n. a kind of medlar: L. malum Gr. melon , n. apple; malus...Gr. hamamelis, -idos, f. a kind of medlar, now applied to witchhazel; Pg. marmelos...manzanilla. L. mespilum Gr. mespilon , n. medlar; mespilus, m. medlar-tree: Mespilus...
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The Canterbury Tales in Modern Verse
Book by Joseph Glaser, Geoffrey Chaucer; Hackett, 2005
Subjects: Canterbury (England)--Poetry, Christian Pilgrims And Pilgrimages--Poetry, Storytelling--Poetry
...top and a green tail. 1. Medlar fruits have an anatomical...he will go on rotting like a medlar. Or he may mean that, like a medlar, he will never be worth anything...flesh is fully rotten. The medlars crude common name also shows...
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Historic Native Peoples of Texas
Book by William C. Foster; University of Texas Press, 2008
Subjects: Indians Of North America--Texas--History--Sources, Texas--History--Sources
...Kinnaird, 149). 31. Persimmon (medlar, nispero, zapote, chapote) The small persimmon tree (Diospyros), called medlar or nispero, is a native fruit tree that...and his men referred to the tree as a medlar when they saw it near the mouth of the...
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The Development of the Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System (Medlars)*
Journal article by Cheryl Rae Dee; Journal of the Medical Library Association, Vol. 95, 2007
Subjects: Armed forces, Biomedical research, Chemical compounds, Labor intensive, Library resources, Magnetic tape, Publications, Technological change
...Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System (Medlars)* by Cheryl Rae Dee INTRODUCTION The US Congress...Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System (MEDLARS) and MEDLARS II. The paper presents a selective rather than a...
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In Folly Ripe, in Reason Rotten: The Flower and the Leaf and the 'Purgatory of Cruel Beauties'
Journal article by Paul Battles; Medium Aevum, Vol. 72, 2003
Subjects: English literature, 1100-1485 (Middle English period)--Works, English poetry--Criticism and interpretation, The Flower and the Leaf (Poem)--Criticism and interpretation
...this tree, inspired by the medlar fruits appearance and already...Now will he Romeo sit under a medlar tree / And wish his mistress...kind of fruit / As maids calls medlars i.e. sexual partners when...association of the Flower with the medlar tree is full of sexual innuendo...
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Nashe as "Monarch of Witt" and Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
Journal article by Joan Ozark Holmer; Texas Studies in Literature and Language, Vol. 37, 1995
Subjects: Literature--History And Criticism, Philology
...pudendum on the basis of the known anatomical features of the medlar that cause it to be called the open-arse fruit. 41 A definition...soft and tender." 42 Hence, Mercutio balances the female (medlar) and male (pear) genitalia for intercourse in his "fruitful...
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Bill Clinton's Parting Pardon Party
Journal article by Albert W. Alschuler; Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Vol. 100, 2010
Subjects: Clemency--Laws, regulations and rules, Executive power--Laws, regulations and rules, Pardon--Laws, regulations and rules, Pardons--Laws, regulations and rules
...wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Cisneros (last visited Sept. 14, 2010); Linda Medlar, WIKIPED1A, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Medlar (last visited Sept. 14, 2010); Henry Cisneros, Payments Controversy, WIKIPEDIA...
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The Twilight of the Pardon Power
Journal article by Margaret Colgate Love; Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Vol. 100, 2010
Subjects: Clemency--Laws, regulations and rules, Executive power--Laws, regulations and rules, Pardon--Laws, regulations and rules, Pardons--Laws, regulations and rules
...McDougal, Christopher V. Wade, Stephen A. Smith, Robert W. Palmer), his former Housing Secretary Henry Cisneros, and Linda Medlar Jones. Goldstein Schmidt, supra note 17, at A1. He also "wiped the slate clean" on the Independent Counsels investigation...
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Easy Searching: Microphone Scripts for Searching the Medlars Databases
Magazine article by Eric Lease Morgan; Online, Vol. 16, March 1992
Subjects: Advantages, Applications, Data bases, Improvements, Searches, Software packages, Techniques
...Searching: Microphone Scripts for Searching the Medlars Databases by Eric Lease Morgan Scripts written...using Windows) can greatly simplify searching the MEDLARS family of databases. (MEDLARS is an acronym for Medical Literature Analysis...
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Hush-Money Scandal Could Speak Volumes
Magazine article by Timothy W. Maier; Insight on the News, Vol. 13, January 12, 1998
Subjects: Cabinet officers--Cases, Cisneros, Henry--Cases, Jones, Linda--Cases, Medlar, Linda--Cases
...laugh with him about it? That Jones woman should worry the president the most. Not Paula, but Linda, formerly known as Linda Medlar. Her claim to fame is an alleged extortion plot to ensure her silence about a broken extramarital affair with the former housing...
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A Flexible Approach to Leadership
Magazine article by Mark Medlar; Public Management, Vol. 93, March 2011
Subjects: Employee motivation
...A Flexible Approach to Leadership. by Mark Medlar As an aspiring city manager, I often wonder...leaders at the local level of government. MARK MEDLAR Budget Analyst Orlando, Florida mark.medlar@cityoforlando.net ILLUSTRATION OMITTED
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A Flexible Approach to Leadership
Magazine article by Mark Medlar; PM. Public Management, Vol. 93, March 2011
Subjects: Employees, Leadership, Local government, Managers, Supervisors, Visual aids
A Flexible Approach to Leadership by Mark Medlar As an aspiring city manager, I often wonder what kind of leader I will become. Many local government leaders motivate their employees...
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Clinton's Ethical Promises Are Proving Hard to Keep
Magazine article by Jamie Dettmer; Insight on the News, Vol. 11, April 17, 1995
Subjects: Brown, Ronald H.--Investigations, Cabinet officers--Investigations, Cisneros, Henry--Investigations, Clinton, Bill--Moral and ethical aspects, Misconduct in office--Investigations, Special prosecutors--Laws, regulations, etc.
...period to his former mistress, Linda Medlar, political fund-raiser. Cisneros told...confirmation hearings that he gave money to Medlar from 1990 to 1992 as compensation for...000 and $60,000. In all, he gave Medlar over $200,000. Why lie? Wall Street...
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A FRUIT TO FALL FOR; Decorative: The Medlar Produces an Unusual Fruit Which Can Be Used to Make Delicious Desserts
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 10, 2007
Subjects: Database industry, Fruit, Fruits (Food)
...decorative addition to the garden. Medlar, or Mespilus germanica, is...fiery seasonal display. The medlar, unlike most fruiting trees...thatspreads up to 6m. The medlar fruit is uniquely-shaped...theroses. The shape of the medlars fruit gives rise to its generic...
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Perjury Charges for Cisneros Near: Payments to Mistress Focus of Probe
Newspaper article by George Archibald; The Washington Times, April 17, 1997
Subjects: Cisneros, Henry
...payments were wired to Mrs. Medlars account at First National Bank...Cisneros also sent Mrs. Medlar $15,000 by cashiers check...1993. David R. Boyd, Mrs. Medlars attorney in Washington, said...dealings on behalf of Mrs. Medlar, who would be a key trial...
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Closing in on Henry Cisneros
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 21, 1997
Subjects: Cisneros, Henry, United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
...money he paid for the support of Linda Medlar, a former mistress he had dropped before...He allegedly also conspired with Mrs. Medlar to keep the truth about their financial...interviewers, Mr. Cisneros wired Mrs. Medlar three payments totaling more than $40...
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Gardens: Garden of EATEN; GARDENING Children Will Love Picking Fruit Straight from Your Own Bushes and Trees. and It Shows Them Healthy Food Can Be Fun Too
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), September 28, 2008
...plants4presents.co.uk, 0845 226 8026). Grow a medlar IF you have a taste for the unusual, why not grow a medlar? The fruits on this old-fashioned tree...readsnursery.co.uk, 01508 548395). Grow a medlar IF you have a taste for the unusual, why...
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Ripe for a Tuck-In
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), April 28, 2011
...In. Byline: Fay Maschler MEDLAR 438 Kings Road, SW10 (020...It means that once ripe, medlars are left to decay and ferment...probably good for either of us, Medlar is heart-warmingly old school...madeleines. A restaurant like Medlar doesnt come along often these...
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encyclopedia articles on: Medlar  - 4 results

 
 
1.
Medlar
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MEDLAR med l r, small deciduous tree ( Mespilus...wild state it is sometimes thorny. The medlar has long been cultivated in parts of Europe...fresh but is sometimes used for preserves. Medlar is classified in the division Magnoliophyta...
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Loquat
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...used also for making jam, jelly, pie, and sauces. Sometimes the loquat is called Japanese medlar, probably because it somewhat resembles the medlar of Europe and Asia. The loquat is one of the few important fruit trees of the tropics belonging...
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Rose
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...enormous importance. It provides numerous temperate fruits including (besides species of Rubus and Prunus ) the apple , loquat , medlar , pear , quince , and strawberry . The typically fragrant and beautiful flowers make many members of the family prized as ornamentals...
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Verga, Giovanni
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...1880, tr. with other stories in the same volume by D. H. Lawrence, 1928), I Malavoglia (1881, tr. The House by the Medlar Tree, 1890), Novelle rusticane (1883, tr. by D.H. Lawrence, Little Novels of Sicily, 1925), and Mastro - Don Gesualdo...


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