quince

Meaning

Noun

• The pear-shaped fruit of a small tree of the rose family, Cydonia oblonga.
• The deciduous tree bearing such fruit, native to Asia.
• A soft yellow colour, like that of a quince.

Origin

• From Middle English quince, coince, a variant of coins, coin, from Old French cooing (modern coing), from Late Latin cotōneum, from Latin mālum cotōneum, a variant of mālum Cydonium, translating Ancient Greek μηλοκυδώνιον.