Etymology

mespilus

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Today it means: Any member of the flowering plant genus Mespilus (now Crataegus sect. Mespilus), of medlars. Full definition →

Latin mespilum
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  1. Latin · derived frommespilum
  2. English todaymespilus

From the genus name, from Latin mespilum.

Words from the same roots

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nispero

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