Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun quince

2 senses of quince

Sense 1
quince, quince bush, Cydonia oblonga -- (small Asian tree with pinkish flowers and pear-shaped fruit; widely cultivated)
       => fruit tree -- (tree bearing edible fruit)

Sense 2
quince -- (aromatic acid-tasting pear-shaped fruit used in preserves)
       => edible fruit -- (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)
       => pome, false fruit -- (a fleshy fruit (apple or pear or related fruits) having seed chambers and an outer fleshy part)