melocoton

See also: melocotón

English

Alternative forms

malacatoon, malacotoon, malacotune, malakatoon, melocotoon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish melocotón (“peach tree and its fruit”), from Latin mālum cotōnium (“quince, or quince tree”, literally “apple of Cydonia”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌmɛləkəˈtɒn/

Noun

melocoton (plural melocotons)

(archaic) A kind of yellow-fleshed peach having red skin
(archaic) A quince.

References

“melocoton”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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