nespereira

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese, from local Medieval Latin nesperaria, attested since the 10th century, from Vulgar Latin *nespirum, from mespilum, from Ancient Greek μέσπιλον (méspilon).

nespereira f (plural nespereiras)

1. Either of two trees which produce a fruit known as the néspera:
   1. (archaic) The medlar tree
   2. The loquat tree

• Although the medlar is the original nespereira, it has been replaced by the loquat in modern usage.

• néspera

• “nesper” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “nespereira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “nespereira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “nespereira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

nêspera + -eira

nespereira f (plural nespereiras)

1. Either of two trees which produce a fruit known as the nêspera:
   1. (archaic) The medlar tree
   2. The loquat tree

• Although the medlar is the original nespereira, it has been replaced by the loquat in modern usage.