The Clue
Fruits resembling crab apples (7 letter answer)
The Answer
MEDLARS
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Notes
The answer MEDLARS is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
MEDLARS as a noun:
1. (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System, MEDLARS) = relational database of the United States National Library of Medicine for the storage and retrieval of bibliographical information concerning the biomedical literature
MEDLAR as a noun:
1. (wild medlar, wild medlar tree, medlar, Vangueria infausta) = small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit
2. (medlar, medlar tree, Mespilus germanica) = small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples
3. a South African globular fruit with brown leathery skin and pithy flesh having a sweet-acid taste
4. crabapple-like fruit used for preserves