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Word: Quince
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English (originally a collective plural): from Old French cooin, from Latin (malum) cotoneum, variant of (malum) cydonium ‘apple of Cydonia (= Chania, in Crete)’
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a hard, acid pear-shaped fruit used in preserves or as flavouring
Short Definition:hard, acid pear-shaped fruit used in preserves
Examples:- quince jelly
the shrub or small tree which bears quinces, native to western Asia.
Short Definition:shrub or small tree which bears quinces
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