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Definition of: quince
(kwins) noun
1. The hard, acid, applelike, yellowish fruit, used for preserves, of a small deciduous Asian tree (Cydonia oblonga) of the rose family.
2. The tree. [Orig. plural of obs. coyn <OF cooin <L cotoneum, var. of (malum) cydonium (apple) of Cydonia <Gk. Kydōnia, a town in Crete]
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