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| quince [ kwinss ] (plural quinc·es) |
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1. pear-shaped fruit: an aromatic apple-shaped or pear-shaped yellow or orange fruit that is edible only when cooked. Use: preserves.
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2. Asian fruit tree: a small tree that produces quinces. Native to: western Asia. Latin name Cydonia oblonga.
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| [14th century. Via Old French cooin< Latin (malum) cotoneum< Greek (mēlon) kudōnion, literally "apple of Cydonia" (now Canea, Crete)] |
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