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Answer for the clue "Quince, e.g. ", 4 letters:
pome

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A type of fruit in which the often edible flesh arises from the swollen base of the flower and not from the carpels. 2 A ball of silver or other metal, filled with hot water and used by a Roman Catholic priest in cold weather to warm his hands during ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
In botany, a pome (after the Latin word for fruit : pōmum ) is a type of fruit produced by flowering plants in the subtribe Malinae of the family Rosaceae .

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., of types of apples or apple-shaped objects, from Old French pome "apple" (12c., Modern French pomme ), from Late Latin or Vulgar Latin *poma "apple," originally Latin pomus "fruit," later "apple" (see Pomona ).

Usage examples of pome.

What I like about Kipling is that his pomes is right off th' bat, like me con-versations with you, me boy.