chaenomeles speciosa

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   deciduous thorny shrub native to China having red or white blossoms

   SynonymsJapanese quince

   Broaderflowering quince

Questions about chaenomeles speciosa

What does chaenomeles speciosa mean?

chaenomeles speciosa means "deciduous thorny shrub native to China having red or white blossoms".

What is another word for chaenomeles speciosa?

Close synonyms include Japanese 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 speciosa a common word?

chaenomeles speciosa 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.