quince
noun/kwɪns/
Frequency rank: #14,936 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a hard, yellow, pear-shaped fruit used mainly in jams and jellies.
Example sentence
She made homemade jam from the quince she picked in the garden.
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