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Definition of Quince

1. Noun. Small Asian tree with pinkish flowers and pear-shaped fruit; widely cultivated.

2. Noun. Aromatic acid-tasting pear-shaped fruit used in preserves.

Definition of Quince

1. n. The fruit of a shrub (Cydonia vulgaris) belonging to the same tribe as the apple. It somewhat resembles an apple, but differs in having many seeds in each carpel. It has hard flesh of high flavor, but very acid, and is largely used for marmalade, jelly, and preserves.

Definition of Quince

1. Noun. The pear-shaped fruit of a small tree of the rose family, ''Cydonia oblonga''. ¹

2. Noun. The deciduous tree bearing such fruit, native to Asia. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Quince

1. an apple-like fruit [n -S]

Medical Definition of Quince

1. 1. The fruit of a shrub (Cydonia vulgaris) belonging to the same tribe as the apple. It somewhat resembles an apple, but differs in having many seeds in each carpel. It has hard flesh of high flavor, but very acid, and is largely used for marmalade, jelly, and preserves. 2. A quince tree or shrub. Japan quince, the small tree (Cydonia vulgaris) which produces the quince. Origin: Prob. A pl. From OE. Quyne, coin, OF. Coin, cooin, F. Coing, from L. Cydonius a quince tree, as adj, Cydonian, Gr. Cydonian, a quince, fr. Cydonia, a city in Crete, the Cydonians. Cf. Quiddany. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quince

quinaries quinarily quinarius quinary quinas quinate quinate: NAD oxidoreductase quinates quinazol quinazoline

quinazolines quinazolinone quinazolinones quinazolinyl quinbolone quince (current term) quince bush quinceanera quinceaneras quincelike

quincentenaries quincentenary quincentennial quincentennials quincentennium quinces quincewort quinceworts quinche quinched

Literary usage of Quince

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"The quince is the only dissimilar stock upon which the pear is extensively grown. quince stocks for this purpose are largely imported from France. ..."

2. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (1912)
"quince corrects it to Ninus' tomb. Thisbe goes off first, then quince motions Pyramus to follow. He has to pick up helmet, etc., and go of in an undignified ..."

3. The Cultivator by New York State Agricultural Society (1848)
"trees of this variety usually liable to be broken off by wind at the juncture of the quince and pear. Of the Wilkinson, Manning remarks, " If grafted on the ..."

4. The California Fruits and how to Grow Them: A Manual of Methods which Have by Edward James Wickson (1921)
"But though the quince in California has at present narrow commercial limitations, ... CULTURE OF THE quince The quince is readily grown from cuttings. ..."

5. Rural Affairs by John Jacob Thomas (1869)
"Pear quince. Stocks, bears a fruit similar to the Orange in appearance, ... The Fontenay or Paris quince does not bear so good a fruit as the Angers, ..."

6. The California Fruits and how to Grow Them: A Manual of Methods which Have by Edward James Wickson (1891)
"THE quince enjoys California conditions to the utmost, and rewards the ... A quince weighing a pound is no curiosity, and it is unlikely that any city of ..."

7. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1856)
"trials made with the common quince as a stock for pear?, ... Dr. Dascomb commenced his experience twelve years ago, on the common quince. ..."

8. The State Records of North Carolina by North Carolina, Walter Clark, William Laurence Saunders, Stephen Beauregard Weeks (1906)
"of Parker quince, late of New Hanover county, Esq., deceased, Susanna quince, ... quince, a minor by the said Susanna quince his mother and guardian, ..."

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