Meaning & use
quince
A hard, yellow, pear-shaped fruit that is usually cooked before eating because it is sour and tough raw.
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She simmered the quince with sugar and cinnamon to make a fragrant jam.
The orchard's quince trees produced fruit too tart to eat straight from the branch.
A note on using this word
Unlike apples or pears, quince is almost always cooked, since it is astringent and hard when raw.
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