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noun
A kind of yellow-fleshed peach having red skin
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
A quince.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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History
Etymology tree ▲ Ancient Greek μηλοκυδώνιον (mēlokudṓnion)calq. Latin mālum cotōniumlbor. ▲ Spanish melóninflu. Spanish melocotónbor. English melocoton Borrowed from Spanish melocotón (“peach tree and its fruit”), from Latin mālum cotōnium (“quince, or quince tree”, literally “apple of Cydonia”).
