Associations to the word «Quince»

Wiktionary

QUINCE, noun. The pear-shaped fruit of a small tree of the rose family, Cydonia oblonga.
QUINCE, noun. The deciduous tree bearing such fruit, native to Asia.

Dictionary definition

QUINCE, noun. Small Asian tree with pinkish flowers and pear-shaped fruit; widely cultivated.
QUINCE, noun. Aromatic acid-tasting pear-shaped fruit used in preserves.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope