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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)

MARMALADE (adopted from Fr. marmelade, from marmelo, a See also:
QUINCE (Lat. Cydonia or Colonea, Ital. Cotogna, Fr. coing, Mid. Eng. coin, quiet, whence a collective plural " quins," corrupted to singular " quince ")
quince, derived through the See also:
LAT
Lat. melimelum, from Gr. AiXt, See also:
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)
honey, and ai Xov, an See also:
APPLE (a common Teut. word, A.S. aepl, aeppel, O.H.G. aphul, aphal, apfal, mod. Ger. Apfel)
apple, an apple grafted on a quince) , a preserve originally made of quinces, but now commonly of See also:

Seville oranges. The " marmalade-See also:

tree " (Lucuma mammosa) bears a See also:

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

fruit whose thick pulp resembles marmalade and is called natural marmalade. " Marmalade See also:

box " is the name of the fruit of the Genipa Americana, which opens in the same manner as a See also:

WALNUT (Juglans)

walnut, the See also:

nut being replaced by a soft pulp.

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