flowering quince

American  

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.

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Example Sentences

Black irises, poppies and flowering quince from her garden adorned vases, shallow banchan dishes and scalloped serving trays.

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2024

Each week, Thompson altered its identity, dappling the mass with local flowering quince, velvet philodendrons or autumn foliage and berries, depending on the season.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2020

Now is a good time to rejuvenate twiggy, deciduous shrubs such as forsythias, viburnums and flowering quince by removing suckers along with stems that are weak, dead, rubbing against another or growing inward.

From Washington Post • Jan. 27, 2015

Frances likes using the branches of flowering quince or curly willow.

From Southern Living • Dec. 1, 2010

There were, at intervals, along this walk, some bushes of lilacs, bridal-wreath spirea, flowering almond, snowball, syringa, and scarlet flowering quince; for roses, Mme.

From The Garden, You, and I by Wright, Mabel Osgood