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CYDONIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cydonia mean?
• CYDONIA (noun)
The noun CYDONIA has 1 sense:
1. quince
Familiarity information: CYDONIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Quince
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cydonia; genus Cydonia
Hypernyms ("Cydonia" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Cydonia"):
Cydonia oblonga; quince; quince bush (small Asian tree with pinkish flowers and pear-shaped fruit; widely cultivated)
Holonyms ("Cydonia" is a member of...):
family Rosaceae; Rosaceae; rose family (a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens)
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