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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Melocoton

· Mel·o·co·ton · IPA /ˌmɛləkəˈtɒn/

01 n. A quince.

[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.]

1.
A quince.(Bot.)

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