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Webster 1913 Edition


Azarole

Az′a-role

,
Noun.
[F.
azerole
, the name of the fruit, fr. Ar.
az-zo’r[GREEK]r
: cf. It.
azzeruolo
, Sp.
acerolo
.]
(Bot.)
The Neapolitan medlar (
Cratægus azarolus
), a shrub of southern Europe; also, its fruit.
2.
(Med.)
The bark of the roots of the
azedarach
, used as a cathartic and emetic.

Webster 1828 Edition


Azarole

AZ'AROLE

,
Noun.
A species of thorn; the three grained medlar, a species of crataegus.