maule's quince

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   deciduous thorny shrub native to Japan having red blossoms

   SynonymsjaponicaChaenomeles japonica

   Broaderflowering quince

Questions about maule's quince

What does maule's quince mean?

maule's quince means "deciduous thorny shrub native to Japan having red blossoms".

What is another word for maule's quince?

Close synonyms include japonica, Chaenomeles japonica. 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 maule's quince a common word?

maule's 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.