The Clue
Relative of a crab apple (6 letter answer)
The Answer
MEDLAR
Tags
Notes
The answer MEDLAR is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Related Clues
Applelike fruit
Small, brown, applelike fruit
Definition
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