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Definition of Flowering quince
1. Noun. Asiatic ornamental shrub with spiny branches and pink or red blossoms.
Specialized synonyms: Chaenomeles Japonica, Japonica, Maule's Quince, Chaenomeles Speciosa, Japanese Quince
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
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Literary usage of Flowering quince
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1. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1921)
"It is probably called "flowering quince" to distinguish it from the garden ...
The flowering quince has still another claim to its title from the fact that ..."
2. The Table and how to Decorate it by Mary Whipple Alexander (1904)
"A large bowl of pussy-willow boughs and the flowering quince should occupy the
center of the table, the bowl resting on a white Japanese drawn-work ..."
3. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1899)
"... Andover, Lawrence, and Methuen, on wild red cherry, pear, wild and cultivated
apple, flowering quince, choke-berry, shad-bush, and black alder. ..."
4. Fundamentals of Agriculture edited by James Edward Halligan (1912)
"flowering quince. Double-Flowering Peach. Weigelia (in variety). Althea—Rose of
Sharon. Lilac and Blue Shades: Lilac (in variety). ..."
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