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μεσπίλ-η

mespile · ἡ

medlar-tree, Mespilus germanica

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What it meant

μεσπίλ-η · mespil-ē — LSJ

medlar-tree, Mespilus germanica

medlar-tree, Mespilus germanica, distd. as σατάνειος, Thphr. HP 3.12.5.

II oriental thorn, Crataegus orientalis

μ. ἡ ἀνθηδών oriental thorn, Crataegus orientalis, ibid.

2 hawthorn, Crataegus Oxyacantha

μ. ἡ ἀνθηδονοειδής hawthorn, Crataegus Oxyacantha, ibid.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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