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medlar (medicine) and Gangetic Plain (sh)


medlar (medicine)


medlar


A tree of the genus Mespilus (M. Germanica); also, the fruit of the tree. The fruit is something like a small apple, but has a bony endocarp. When first gathered the flesh is hard and austere, and it is not eaten until it has begun to decay.

<botany> Japan medlar, a kind of thorn tree (Crataegus Azarolus); also, its fruit.

Origin: OE. Medler medlar tree, OF. Meslier, F. Neflier, L. Mespilum, mespilus, Gr, . Cf. Naseberry.

Source: Websters Dictionary


Gangetic Plain (sh)




or Indo-Gangetic Plain

Fertile lowland region of north-central India.

It stretches westward, centred on the Ganges River, from the Brahmaputra River valley and the Ganges delta to the Indus River valley. It contains the subcontinent's richest and most densely populated areas. The greater part of the plain is made up of alluvial soil, deposited by the extensive network of rivers in the region. The eastern part of the plain has summer rainfall so heavy that vast areas become swamps or shallow lakes. It becomes progressively drier toward the west, where it incorporates the Thar Desert.