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)

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

References

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