melocotoon

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melocotoon - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Melocoton \Mel`o*co*ton"\, Melocotoon \Mel`o*co*toon"\, n. [Sp.
     melocoton a kind of peach tree and its fruit, L. malum
     cotonium, or cotonea, or Cydonia, a quince, or quince tree,
     lit., apple of Cydonia, Gr. ? ?. See Quince.] (Bot.)
     (a) A quince.
     (b) A kind of peach having one side deep red, and the flesh
         yellow. [Written also malacatoon, malacotune.]
         [1913 Webster]