MARMALADE (adopted from Fr. marmelade, from marmelo, a quince, derived through the Lat. melimelum, from Gr. AiXt, honey, and ai Xov, an apple, an apple grafted on a quince)

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MARMALADE (adopted from Fr. marmelade, from marmelo, a quince, derived through the Lat. melimelum, from Gr. AiXt, honey, and ai Xov, an apple, an apple grafted on a quince) , a preserve originally made of quinces, but now commonly of

Seville

oranges. The "

marmalade

MARMALADE (adopted from Fr. marmelade, from marmelo, a
quince
- QUINCE (Lat. Cydonia or Colonea, Ital. Cotogna, Fr. coing, Mid. Eng. coin, quiet, whence a collective plural " quins," corrupted to singular " quince ")
, derived through the Lat. melimelum, from Gr. AiXt,
honey
- HONEY (Chin. me ; Sansk. madhu, mead, honey; cf. A.S. medo, medu, mead; Gr. p Xt, in which 0 or b is changed into X; Lat. mel ; Fr. miel ; A.S. hung ; Ger. Honig)
, and ai Xov, an
apple
- APPLE (a
  common
  - COMMON
  Teut. word, A.S. aepl, aeppel, O.H.G. aphul, aphal, apfal, mod. Ger. Apfel)
, an
apple
- APPLE (a
  common
  - COMMON
  Teut. word, A.S. aepl, aeppel, O.H.G. aphul, aphal, apfal, mod. Ger. Apfel)
grafted on a
quince
- QUINCE (Lat. Cydonia or Colonea, Ital. Cotogna, Fr. coing, Mid. Eng. coin, quiet, whence a collective plural " quins," corrupted to singular " quince ")
)

tree

" (Lucuma mammosa) bears a

fruit

FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

whose thick pulp resembles

marmalade

MARMALADE (adopted from Fr. marmelade, from marmelo, a quince, derived through the Lat. melimelum, from Gr. AiXt,
honey
- HONEY (Chin. me ; Sansk. madhu, mead, honey; cf. A.S. medo, medu, mead; Gr. p Xt, in which 0 or b is changed into X; Lat. mel ; Fr. miel ; A.S. hung ; Ger. Honig)
, and ai Xov, an apple, an apple grafted on a quince)

and is called natural marmalade. " Marmalade box " is the name of the

fruit

FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

of the Genipa Americana, which opens in the same manner as a

walnut

WALNUT (Juglans)

, the nut being replaced by a soft pulp.

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