Etymology

snowy mespilus

Today it means: Amelanchier ovalis, also called the Savoy medlar. Full definition →

translingual Mespilus
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  1. translingual · derived fromMespilus
  2. English todaysnowy mespilus

From snowy + mespilus, a borrowing from translingual Mespilus, the genus they were formerly in.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.