maloid

plural maloids

1. A species in the Maloideae subfamily, which includes apples and pears.

   1 more example

   Assessing the evolutionary impact of the versatile breeding behavior of maloids also requires not only more robust measures of its frequency in natural populations but also much further study of the cellular mechanisms of apomixis, and its association with polyploidy, self-compatibility, and hybridization.

   1991, Timothy A. Dickinson, “Evolution in the Maloideae (Rosaceae) -Introduction”, in Systematic Botany, volume 16, number 2, Oromo, M.E.: American Society of Plant Taxonomists, →ISSN, →JSTOR, →OCLC, page 301, column 2

1. not comparableRelating to the Maloideae subfamily.

   Other maloid genera with hard nutlets are Cotoneaster, Hesperomeles, Osteomeles, and Pyracantba, but each of these is quite different from Mespilus and Crataegus.

   2003, James B. Phipps, Robert J. O'Kennon, Ronald W. Lance, Hawthorns and Medlars, Portland, O.R.: Timber Press, →ISBN, page 57