melocoton
noun
mel·o·co·ton
¦meləkə¦tōn,
-tän
variants or less commonly melocotoon
-tün
plural -s
: a peach grafted on a quince rootstock and formerly supposed to have special qualities of excellence
Word History
Etymology
Spanish melocotón melocoton, peach, from Medieval Latin melum cotonium quince, alteration of Latin malum cotonium, from malum apple (from Greek mēlon) + cotonium, cotoneum quince
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