melocoton

noun

mel·​o·​co·​ton

¦meləkə¦tōn,

-tän

variants or less commonly melocotoon

-tün

plural -s

: a peach grafted on a quince rootstock and formerly supposed to have special qualities of excellence

Word History

Etymology

Spanish melocotón melocoton, peach, from Medieval Latin melum cotonium quince, alteration of Latin malum cotonium, from malum apple (from Greek mēlon) + cotonium, cotoneum quince

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