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Small Asian tree with pinkish flowers and pear-shaped fruit
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quince
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Bessa00.jpg|thumb| Quince - Cydonia oblonga Mill. The quince (; Cydonia oblonga ) is the sole member of the genus Cydonia in the family Rosaceae (which also contains apples and pears , among other fruits). It is a small deciduous tree that bears a pome ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Because of their high pectin content, quinces jell much more quickly than almost any other fruit. ▪ Combine quinces, water and sugar in medium saucepan and bring to simmer over medium-low heat. ▪ He spoke, looking past me at ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 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.
Usage examples of quince.
John Quince pulled back, hard, and Bowser flailed for a moment, then dug his heels in and heaved back.
There were garnet-red cherries, peridot grapes, apples like great rubies streaked with gold and amber, amethyst blueberries, strawberries glowing like pink charcoal, yellow pears of topaz, lucid gooseberries of translucent green quartz, quinces still on their twigs, melons, pomegranates, polished damsons, figs like blushing drops of jade.
Gerard had had to exist for four days on two biscuits and a pot of quince jelly which his hostess, Mrs Wiseman, happened to have in her hand as the poursuivants burst in and he was bundled away.
The penultimate course was presented-tiny tartlets filled with quince and nuts, and fragrant cheeses with toasted slivers of bread-and Javan gradually began to relax a little.
Pour le meme motif, ont ete condamnes a quince ans de travaux forces: Hermann CAPIAU, Ingenieur a Wasmes.
The staples were wheat and rice from the original Anatolian agricultural package, but supplemented by quince originally from the Caucasus, millet from Central Asia, cucumber, sesame, and citrus fruit from India, and apricots and peaches from China.
The quince and apple trees stood almost leafless now, the pear boughs had long since stretched naked against the sky, but beside them, as a windbreak, stood a line of ancient candlebark gum trees, as green as ever.
There were quinces and lemons and pale mauve citrons, pearl nuts and fanworts and pumpkins of gold.
On a pine trunk that had been dragged into the centre of the room I had laid out tarte armandine, cherry clafoutie, beignettes, raghif alsiniyyeh, muhallabia, quince compote, Towcester cheesecakes, toast: wholemeal and white, strawberry jam, apple jam, coffee and tea.
But Quince stood firm, and arguing the matter, we reached the corrals and penned the band.
Suspended in rows above his head were figs, pomegranates, quinces and canary-yellow winter melons with green veins.
The quinces, pomegranates and melons piled on the shelves rolled all over the place and bounced as far as the table.
South American plant, this botanical insecticide was discovered in the early 1940s and has proved good for control of codling moths in apple, pear and quince trees.
Al principio, no me favorecieron las cartas, pero después, a pesar de mis admoniciones paternas, Goliadkin perdió todo su dinero: trescientos quince pesos y cuarenta centavos, que los polizontes me han substraído arbitrariamente.
Renovales, que no tiene ni el rudimento, me retó desde la vereda porque Paja Brava carecía de quince centavos que había descuidado en el chaleco mientras pasaba al fondo, y todos calumniaban que yo los había invertido en Laponias.