Chaenomeles

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\ noun

Usage: 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