azarole Bot.
(ˈæzərəʊl)
Forms: 7 azeroll, 8 azerole, 7–9 azarole.
[a. F. azerole (written by Tournefort azarole), cogn. with Sp. acerolo, azarolla, Pg. azerola, It. azzeruola, ad. Arab. az-zuﻋrūr, applied to the same fruit.]
The fruit of the Neapolitan Medlar, a species of hawthorn (Cratægus azarolus); also applied to the tree itself, sometimes called, after Fr., azerolier.
| 1658 Evelyn Fr. Gard. (1675) 268 Cormes, services, azerolls, and the like. 1693 ― De la Quint. Compl. Gard. 67 Quinces bear almost in the same manner with Rasberries, Azeroliers, and Pomegranates. ― ibid. (Dict.) Azeroll-Trees, ar Garden-Haw-Trees, which are usually planted against Walls. 1725 Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v., The Azerole is indeed a kind of Medlar. 1864 Mrs. H. Wood Trevlyn Hold II. i. 1 Leaping a dwarf hedge of azaroles. |