Lewis & Short

† mespĭlus, i, or mespĭla, ae, f., = μεσπίλη,

  1. I. a medlar-tree, Plin. 17, 10, 13, § 67; Pall. 3, 25, 32.
  2. II. A medlar, Pall. de Insit. 69 and 105.