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CYDONIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Quince

Synonyms:

Cydonia; genus Cydonia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Cydonia" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Cydonia"):

Cydonia oblonga; quince; quince bush (small Asian tree with pinkish flowers and pear-shaped fruit; widely cultivated)

Holonyms ("Cydonia" is a member of...):

family Rosaceae; Rosaceae; rose family (a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens)

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