flowering quince

noun

1. any shrub belonging to the genus Chaenomeles, of the rose family, native to eastern Asia, having showy, waxy flowers and a quincelike fruit, grown widely as an ornamental.

Example Sentences

Emerging from the streets, they proceeded towards a pretty hill planted with pink-flowering quince-trees.

From Project Gutenberg

The carmine glow of the flowering quince is here, brought from its tropic wilderness.

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