MELOCOTO'NE, noun [Latin malum cotoneum, quince-apple. Cotomeum is probably our cotton, and the fruit so named from its pubescence.]
A quince. But the name is sometimes given to a large kind of peach.
Webster's Dictionary 1828
MELOCOTO'NE, noun [Latin malum cotoneum, quince-apple. Cotomeum is probably our cotton, and the fruit so named from its pubescence.]
A quince. But the name is sometimes given to a large kind of peach.