Definition of Melocatoon
{ Mel`o*co*ton", Mel`o*co*toon" } (?),
n. [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.] (Bot.)
(a) A quince. (b) A
kind of peach having one side deep red, and the flesh yellow.
[Written also malacatoon, malacotune.]
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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