Quince

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kwɪns/
• Rhymes: -ɪns

Origin

From Old French cooing (modern coing), from Late Latin cotōneum < mālum cotōneum, a variant of mālum Cydonium ("Cydonian apple"), translating Ancient Greek μήλον κυδώνιον.

Full definition of quince

Noun

1. The pear-shaped fruit of a small tree of the rose family, Cydonia oblonga.
2. The deciduous tree bearing such fruit, native to Asia.

Derived terms

• Japan quince
• quince curculio

Anagrams

• cinque