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quince

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for quince.

Editorial note

Only if a tomato is a quince red-shifting.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

A soft yellow colour, like that of a quince.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of quince gathered in one view.

noun

A soft yellow colour, like that of a quince.

noun

A surname.

noun

(countable) The pear-shaped fruit of a small tree of the rose family, Cydonia oblonga.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for quince.

noun

(countable) The pear-shaped fruit of a small tree of the rose family, Cydonia oblonga.

Example sentences

1

Only if a tomato is a quince red-shifting.

2

A perfect portrayal of this artistic struggle is depicted in Victor Erice's film Quince Tree Sun.

3

It's in the rose family thus genetically closer to pears and apples, and (apparently) can reliably be grafted to quince rootstock.

4

Tasty and crunchy, very good in salads Pear and quince can hybridize producing a fruit called Pyronia (= Pyrus x Cydonia).

5

The Portuguese word for 'quince' is 'marmelo,' which is where the word marmalade comes from.

6

You will end up with barely a teaspoon of completely broken down onion matter that looks like apple butter or quince paste.

7

I was at Quince once ($5,000 meal) and looked out the window to see a homeless man shitting on the window.

8

Jelly palm and quince are cooked into literal jelly.

9

Spanish has special words for eleven (once—pronounced ohn-say) to fifteen (quince) before moving to a standard form for sixteen (dieciséis—ten and six) through nineteen diecinueve—ten and nine).

10

Why not use platforms like Amazon or Quince kind?

11

Nice site, I made some quince jelly a few days ago so checked their recipe and process out of interest, looks like I did it right!

12

It's not entirely forgotten, there are some specialist suppliers around and I was able to buy Medlar paste (a lot like Quince Cheese) in the UK last time I was there.

Quote examples

1

As a young Portuguese-Canadian, I was surprised to find out that most "marmalades" in Canada weren't made of quince.

2

In Portugal, "marmalade" was made of quince, period.

3

The French changed the meaning of the world by extension from "quince cheese" to "citrus preserve", and then every other languages just took the French meaning.

4

A couple of searches: "Glomerella cingulata (sexual version of the fungi they want to spread) (...) causes disease on many different hosts including quince and apple..." [2] "The United States is the second-leading producer (of apples), with more than 6% of world production.

Proper noun examples

1

He’s part of the group of craftsmen—Bottom, Quince, Flute, Snug, and Starveling—who rehearse and perform the little play for Duke Theseus.

2

Quince and some persimmons are also commonly bletted before consumption...

3

Quince is able to hybridize with apples and pears.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use quince in a sentence?

Only if a tomato is a quince red-shifting.

What does quince mean?

A soft yellow colour, like that of a quince.

What part of speech is quince?

quince is commonly used as noun.