cydonia oblonga

1. 1.

   small Asian tree with pinkish flowers and pear-shaped fruit; widely cultivated

   Synonymsquincequince bush

   Broaderfruit tree

   Part ofCydonia

   Partsquince

Questions about cydonia oblonga

What does cydonia oblonga mean?

cydonia oblonga means "small Asian tree with pinkish flowers and pear-shaped fruit; widely cultivated".

What is another word for cydonia oblonga?

Close synonyms include quince, quince bush. 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 cydonia oblonga a common word?

cydonia oblonga 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.