noun
flowering quince
• Syn: ↑genus Chaenomeles
• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Rosaceae, ↑family Rosaceae, ↑rose family
• Member Meronyms: ↑flowering quince
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\\ˌkēnəˈmē(ˌ)lēz\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from chaeno- (from Greek chainein) + -meles (irregular from Greek mēlon apple, fruit) — more at malus
: a genus of Asiatic shrubs (family Rosaceae) comprising the flowering quinces and having alternate serrate leaves, 5-petaled flowers, and many seeds in each cell of the ovary — see japanese quince
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chaenomeles /kē-nomˈə-lēz/
noun
A shrub of the Chaenomeles genus of flowering shrubs, such as the japonica and flowering quince
Useful english dictionary. 2012.