maloid

English

maloid (plural maloids)

A species in the Maloideae subfamily, which includes apples and pears.
- 1991, Timothy A. Dickinson, “Evolution in the Maloideae (Rosaceae) -Introduction”, in Systematic Botany, volume 16, number 2, Oromo, M.E.: American Society of Plant Taxonomists, →ISSN, →JSTOR, →OCLC, page 301, column 2:
  Assessing the evolutionary impact of the versatile breeding behavior of maloids also requires not only more robust measures of its frequency in natural populations but also much further study of the cellular mechanisms of apomixis, and its association with polyploidy, self-compatibility, and hybridization.

maloid (not comparable)

Relating to the Maloideae subfamily.
- 2003, James B. Phipps, Robert J. O'Kennon, Ronald W. Lance, Hawthorns and Medlars, Portland, O.R.: Timber Press, →ISBN, page 57:
  Other maloid genera with hard nutlets are Cotoneaster, Hesperomeles, Osteomeles, and Pyracantba, but each of these is quite different from Mespilus and Crataegus.