quince
noun
- a golden or greenish-yellow, hard, apple-shaped fruit of a small tree (Cydonia oblonga) of the rose family, used in preserves
- the tree
See quince in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(kwĭns)
noun- A western Asian shrub or tree (Cydonia oblonga) having white flowers and hard applelike fruit.
- The aromatic, many-seeded fruit of this plant, edible only when cooked.
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