| 释义 |
quince /kwins/ noun- A golden, round or pear-shaped, fragrant, acid fruit, used esp for jellies, marmalade, etc
- The tree or shrub (Cydonia oblonga), related to pear and apple, that bears it
- Extended to the closely related Japanese quince (see japonica under Japonic) and to the unrelated Bengal quince, the bael-fruit
ORIGIN: Orig pl of quine, from OFr coin (Fr coing), from L cotōneum, from Gr kydōnion, from Kydōniā a town in Crete |