japanese quince

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   deciduous thorny shrub native to China having red or white blossoms

   SynonymsChaenomeles speciosa

   Broaderflowering quince

Questions about japanese quince

What does japanese quince mean?

japanese quince means "deciduous thorny shrub native to China having red or white blossoms".

What is another word for japanese quince?

Close synonyms include Chaenomeles speciosa. 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 japanese quince a common word?

japanese quince 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.