membrillo
/memˈbriːjəʊ/(also membrilla)
noun
In Spain: a thick preserve made of quinces.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Alfred Edward Woodley Mason (1865–1948), novelist. From Spanish membrillo, (rarely) mebrilla quince from classical Latin melimēla (plural) a variety of sweet apple, with alteration of form in Spanish probably arising from popular association with mimbre willow.
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