n. [ Prob. a pl. from OE. quyne, coin, OF. coin, cooin, F. coing, from L. Cydonius a quince tree, as adj., Cydonian, Gr. &unr_; Cydonian, &unr_; &unr_; a quince, fr. &unr_; Cydonia, a city in Crete, &unr_; the Cydonians. Cf. Quiddany. ] 1. The fruit of a shrub (Cydonia vulgaris) belonging to the same tribe as the apple. It somewhat resembles an apple, but differs in having many seeds in each carpel. It has hard flesh of high flavor, but very acid, and is largely used for marmalade, jelly, and preserves. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) a quince tree or shrub. [ 1913 Webster ]

Japan quince (Bot.), an Eastern Asiatic shrub (Cydonia Japonica, formerly Pyrus Japonica) and its very fragrant but inedible fruit. The shrub has very showy flowers, usually red, but sometimes pink or white, and is much grown for ornament. --
Quince curculio (Zool.), a small gray and yellow curculio (Conotrachelus cratægi) whose larva lives in quinces. --
Quince tree (Bot.), the small tree (Cydonia vulgaris) which produces the quince. [ 1913 Webster ]

Quincewort

n. (Bot.) The squinancy. Called also quinsywort. [ 1913 Webster ]

Quinch

v. i. [ Cf. OD. quincken to quiver, shake, Fries. quink hovering. Cf. Quich. ] To stir; to wince. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Quincuncial

[ L. quincuncialis, from quincunx. See Quincunx. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Having the form of a quincunx. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Having the leaves of a pentamerous calyx or corolla so imbricated that two are exterior, two are interior, and the other has one edge exterior and one interior; as, quincuncial æstivation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Quincuncial phyllotaxy (Bot.), an arrangement of five leaves in a spiral, each leaf two fifths of a circle from the next. [ 1913 Webster ]

Quincuncially

adv. In the manner or order of a quincunx. [ 1913 Webster ]

Quincunx

n. [ L., fr. quinque five + uncia an ounce. The quincunx was marked by five small spots or balls. See Five, and Ounce the weight. ] 1. An arrangement of things by fives in a square or a rectangle, one being placed at each corner and one in the middle; especially, such an arrangement of trees repeated indefinitely, so as to form a regular group with rows running in various directions. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astrol.) The position of planets when distant from each other five signs, or 150°. Hutton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) A quincuncial arrangement, as of the parts of a flower in æstivation. See Quincuncial, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

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イエローヘッドモニター

[iero-heddomonita-] (n) yellow-head monitor (Varanus melinus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to Indonesia); quince monitor

マルメロ

[marumero] (n) (See 木瓜) quince (por

黄金大蜥蜴

[こがねおおとかげ;コガネオオトカゲ, koganeootokage ; koganeootokage] (n) (uk) (See イエローヘッドモニター) quince monitor (Varanus melinus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to Indonesia); yellow-head monitor

花梨;花林;花櫚;榠樝

[かりん;カリン, karin ; karin] (n) (1) (uk) (not 榠樝) Burmese rosewood (Pterocarpus indicus); angsana; amboyna; amboina; (2) (uk) (not 花林 or 花櫚) flowering quince (of genus Chaenomeles) (Pseudocydonia sinensis); Chinese quince (Chaenomeles sinensis); (3) (uk) (only 花梨 or カリン) quince (Cydonia oblonga)

真木瓜

[まぼけ, maboke] (n) Choenomeles lagenaria; maboke flowering quince

草木瓜

[くさぼけ, kusaboke] (n) (uk) Japanese quince; (Japanese) flowering quince; Maule's quince; Japonica; Chaenomeles japonica

唐木瓜

[からぼけ;カラボケ, karaboke ; karaboke] (n) kara flowering quince; Choenomeles lagenaria

白木瓜

[しろぼけ, shiroboke] (n) Choenomeles lagenaria; shiroboke flowering quince

緋木瓜

[ひぼけ, hiboke] (n) Choenomeles lagenaria; hiboke flowering quince

木瓜

[ぼけ, boke] (n) (Chinese) flowering quince; Chaenomeles speciosa

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