| melocotoon | <botany> A quince. A kind of peach having one side deep red, and the flesh yellow. Alternative forms: malacatoon, malacotune. Origin: Sp. Melocoton a kind of peach tree and its fruit, L. Malum cotonium, or cotonea, or Cydonia, a quince, or quince tree, lit, apple of Cydonia, Gr. See Quince. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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