MARMALADE (adopted from Fr. marmelade, from marmelo, a

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• 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

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• LAT

Lat. melimelum, from Gr. AiXt,

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• 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

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• 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apple, an apple grafted on a quince)  , a preserve originally made of quinces, but now commonly of Seville oranges . The " marmalade-tree " (Lucuma mammosa) bears a fruit whose thick pulp resembles marmalade and is called natural marmalade . " Marmalade box " is the name of the fruit of the Genipa Americana, which opens in the same manner as a walnut, the nut being replaced by a soft pulp .