membrillo


mem·bril·lo

M5223250 (mĕm-brē′yō)n. pl. mem·bril·los A firm paste made from quinces and sugar, used in Spanish cuisine and often served with manchego cheese.
[Spanish, quince, from Latin melimēla, (a variety of) sweet apples (perhaps influenced by Spanish mimbre, willow), from Greek melimēlon, apple ripening in summer, apple grafted on quince (meli, honey; see melit- in Indo-European roots + mēlon, apple).]