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Answer for the clue "Quince, for one ", 4 letters:
pome

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pome \Pome\, n. [L. pomum a fruit: cf. F. pomme apple. Cf. Pomade .] (Bot.) A fruit composed of several cartilaginous or bony carpels inclosed in an adherent fleshy mass, which is partly receptacle and partly calyx, as an apple, quince, or pear. (R. C. ...

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 .

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.