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1. i. ayva. ayva. ayva. ayva. i. ayva. ayva.
2.  ayva ağacı, Cydonia oblonga, ayva, ayva.
3. ayva.

Etymology : Middle English quynce quinces, plural of coyn, quyn quince, from Middle French coin, from Latin cotoneum, alteration cydonium, from Greek kydOnion
Pronunciation : 'kwin(t)s
Function : noun
Date : 14th century

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1. either of two trees that produce small round yellowish fruit; fruit produced by these trees. quince\quince\ , n. [prob. a pl. from oe. quyne, coin, of. coin, cooin, f. coing, from l. cydonius a quince tree, as adj., cydonian, gr. cydonian, a quince, fr. cydonia, a city in crete, the cydonians. cf. quiddany.].
2. 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.
3. (bot.) a quince tree or shrub.
4. The fruit of a shrub belonging to the same tribe as the apple.
5. It somewhat resembles an apple, but differs in having many seeds in each carpel.
6. It has hard flesh of high flavor, but very acid, and is largely used for marmalade, jelly, and preserves. a quince tree or shrub. aromatic acid-tasting pear-shaped fruit used in preserves small Asian tree with pinkish flowers and pear-shaped fruit; widely cultivated Something having the form of a quill The fold or plain of a ruff.
7. A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle.
8. A hollow spindle.
9. To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings; as, to quill aruffle.
10. To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn.
11. A roll of dried bark; as, a quill of cinnamon or of cinchona.
12. The bark of a rosaceous tree , native of Chili.
13. The bark is finely laminated, and very heavy with alkaline substances, and is.
14. A quince is a hard yellow fruit. Quinces are used for making jelly or jam. a hard yellow fruit like a large apple, used in cooking (Plural of coyn, quyn (14-16 centuries), from coin, from cotoneum, cydoneum (malum) , from Kydonia , ancient city in Crete). Any of the fruit shrubs and small trees that make up the genus Cydonia, in the rose family. Common quince (C. oblonga) is native to Iran, Turkey, and perhaps Greece and the Crimea. The raw golden-yellow fruit has a strong fragrant aroma and astringent taste; it takes on a pink colour when cooked and makes an excellent preserve. The Japanese quince (Chaenomeles species) is an ornamental shrub widely used for its flowers, which appear on the tightly branched stems before the leaves open fully in late winter and early spring.