mespilus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

mespĭlus, i, or mespĭla, ae, f., = μεσπίλη,

I a medlar-tree , Plin. 17, 10, 13, § 67; Pall. 3, 25, 32.—

II A medlar , Pall. de Insit. 69 and 105.