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Quince

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Noun

1. cydonia oblonga, quince, quince bush

small Asian tree with pinkish flowers and pear-shaped fruit; widely cultivated

2. quince

aromatic acid-tasting pear-shaped fruit used in preserves

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Quince

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noun
1. 
a small widely cultivated Asian rosaceous tree, Cydonia oblonga, with pinkish-white flowers and edible pear-shaped fruits
2. 
the acid-tasting fruit of this tree, much used in preserves
3. Also: Japanese or flowering quince another name for japonica

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Quince

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noun
1. 
a golden or greenish-yellow, hard, apple-shaped fruit of a small tree (Cydonia oblonga) of the rose family, used in preserves
2. 
the tree

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Quince

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n.
1. A shrub or small tree (Cydonia oblonga) in the rose family, native to western Asia, having white or pink flowers and hard yellow pear-shaped fruit.
2. The aromatic, many-seeded fruit of this plant, usually used for jelly or in cooked dishes.

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