Definition of "nispero" [nispero]

• In Spain, the medlar-tree, Mespilus Germanica. (noun)
• In the Spanish West Indies, the sapodilla, Sapota zapotilla, the name of which has been corrupted in Jamaica to nase-berry. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Gorge on nispero, or loquat in English, an apricot look-alike with the juicy flesh of a litchi rarely found outside southern Spain and Italy."
• "The fruits peculiar to the torrid zone all grow in profusion and among them the native is fondest of the juicy mango, the guava, the aguacate or alligator pear, the anon or custard apple, the guanabana or soursop, the mamon or sweetsop, the mamey or marmalade fruit, the nispero or sapodilla and the tamarind."
• "Near the Santo Cerro church is the trunk of the nispero tree, gnarled with age, from which Columbus is said to have cut the wood for his cross."