Medical Definition of Melocotoon
1.
A quince.
A kind of peach having one side deep red, and the flesh yellow.
Alternative forms: malacatoon, malacotune.
Origin: Sp. Melocoton a kind of peach tree and its fruit, L. Malum cotonium, or cotonea, or Cydonia, a quince, or quince tree, lit, apple of Cydonia, Gr. See Quince.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)
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