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单词 quince
释义 quince
\ˈkwin(t)s\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English quynce, plural, quinces, from quyn, coyn quince, from Middle French coin, cooin, from Latin cotoneum, cydoneum, cydonia, cydoneum (malum), from Greek kydōnion, probably from neuter of kydōnios Cydonian, from Kydōnia Cydonia, ancient city on the north coast of Crete
1. : the fruit of a widely cultivated central Asiatic tree (Cydonia oblonga) somewhat resembling a large yellow apple, differing in having many seeds in each carpel and a hard acid flesh that is used for marmalade, jelly, and preserves, and producing seeds that are covered with a mucilaginous material which is used in making a mucilage and in the preparation of toilet lotions
2. : the tree that bears quinces and is often used as a dwarfing stock for the pear — see chaenomeles, flowering quince
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