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being adapted from the french coin, whence middle english coin, quin, the plural quins, becoming corrupted to the singular quince. the quinces differ from the pyrus genus in the twisted manner in which the petals are arranged in the bud and in the many-celled ovary, in which the numerous ovules are
disposed horizontally, not vertically as in the pears. they are much-branched shrubs, or small trees, with entire leaves and large, solitary, white or pink flowers, like those of a pear or apple, but with leafy calyx lobes. the quince as we know it in this country is a different fruit to that of western...
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