chaenomeles japonica

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   deciduous thorny shrub native to Japan having red blossoms

   Synonymsjaponicamaule's quince

   Broaderflowering quince

Questions about chaenomeles japonica

What does chaenomeles japonica mean?

chaenomeles japonica means "deciduous thorny shrub native to Japan having red blossoms".

What is another word for chaenomeles japonica?

Close synonyms include japonica, maule's quince. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chaenomeles japonica a common word?

chaenomeles japonica is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.