Japan quince (Bot.), an Eastern Asiatic shrub (Cydonia, formerly Pyrus,
Japonica) and its very fragrant but inedible fruit. The shrub has very
showy flowers, usually red, but sometimes pink or white, and is much
grown for ornament. -- Quince curculio (Zoˆl.), a small gray and yellow
curculio (Conotrachelus cratÊgi) whose larva lives in quinces. --
Quince tree (Bot.), the small tree (Cydonia vulgaris) which produces
the quince.
Quince"wort` (?), n. (Bot.) The squinancy. Called also quinsywort.
Quinch (?), v. i. [Cf. OD. quincken to quiver, shake, Fries. quink
hovering. Cf. Quich.] To stir; to wince. [Obs.] Spenser.