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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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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

The choices include forsythia, various willows and Japanese flowering quince, as well as a range of prunus, specifically Japanese flowering apricot, flowering plum, flowering cherry and fruiting peach.

From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2021

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

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

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