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Medlar [Definition] (2549 words) |
 | The Medlar is a large shrubA shrub or bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 6 m tall. |
 | The reddish-brown medlar fruit is a pomeIn botany, a pome (after the French name for an apple, pomme) is a type of fruit, produced by flowering plants in the subfamily Maloideae of the family Rosaceae.... |
 | Medlar are one of the few fruits that becomes edible in autumnAutumn, often called fall in North America, is one of the four temperate seasons, the transition between summer and winter. |
| Medlar faces 26-count indictment (776 words) |
 | Medlar's motives for secrecy, according to the document, were to conceal the use of Cisneros' money and because she did not have sufficient assets with which to qualify for a mortgage. |
 | Medlar alone is charged with obstruction of justice and making a false statement in connection with answers she gave after a November 1995 immunity agreement she reached with the independent counsel's office. |
 | Specifically, the indictment alleges, Medlar did not tell investigators that she had edited the tapes, that she falsely claimed to have filed a 1994 income tax return, that the tapes were duplicates and not originals and that she did not visit a safety deposit box when she said she did. |