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| | | quince | (ควินซฺ) n. ผลไม้ขนาดเล็กชนิดหนึ่ง |
| | | | | de quincey | (n) English writer who described the psychological effects of addiction to opium (1785-1859), Syn. Thomas De Quincey | | flowering quince | (n) Asiatic ornamental shrub with spiny branches and pink or red blossoms | | japanese quince | (n) deciduous thorny shrub native to China having red or white blossoms, Syn. Chaenomeles speciosa | | quince | (n) small Asian tree with pinkish flowers and pear-shaped fruit; widely cultivated, Syn. Cydonia oblonga, quince bush | | quince | (n) aromatic acid-tasting pear-shaped fruit used in preserves | | quincentennial | (n) the 500th anniversary (or the celebration of it), Syn. quincentenary | | quincentennial | (adj) of or relating to a 500th anniversary, Syn. quincentenary | | quincy | (n) American patriot who presented the colonists' grievances to the English king (1744-1775), Syn. Josiah Quincy | | squinch | (n) a small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire) | | squinch | (v) crouch down | | adams | (n) 6th President of the United States; son of John Adams (1767-1848), Syn. President Adams, President John Quincy Adams, John Quincy Adams | | angioedema | (n) recurrent large circumscribed areas of subcutaneous edema; onset is sudden and it disappears within 24 hours; seen mainly in young women, often as an allergic reaction to food or drugs, Syn. giant hives, atrophedema, periodic edema, Quincke's edema | | cincinnatus | (n) Roman statesman regarded as a model of simple virtue; he twice was called to assume dictatorship of Rome and each time retired to his farm (519-438 BC), Syn. Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus | | flinch | (v) draw back, as with fear or pain, Syn. funk, recoil, squinch, shrink, cringe, wince, quail | | japonica | (n) deciduous thorny shrub native to Japan having red blossoms, Syn. Chaenomeles japonica, maule's quince | | squint | (v) cross one's eyes as if in strabismus, Syn. squinch |
| | Quince | n. [ Prob. a pl. from OE. quyne, coin, OF. coin, cooin, F. coing, from L. Cydonius a quince tree, as adj., Cydonian, Gr. &unr_; Cydonian, &unr_; &unr_; a quince, fr. &unr_; Cydonia, a city in Crete, &unr_; the Cydonians. Cf. Quiddany. ] 1. The fruit of a shrub (Cydonia vulgaris) belonging to the same tribe as the apple. It somewhat resembles an apple, but differs in having many seeds in each carpel. It has hard flesh of high flavor, but very acid, and is largely used for marmalade, jelly, and preserves. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Bot.) a quince tree or shrub. [ 1913 Webster ]
Japan quince (Bot.), an Eastern Asiatic shrub (Cydonia Japonica, 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 (Zool.), a small gray and yellow curculio (Conotrachelus cratægi) whose larva lives in quinces. --
Quince tree (Bot.), the small tree (Cydonia vulgaris) which produces the quince. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | Quincewort | n. (Bot.) The squinancy. Called also quinsywort. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Quinch | v. i. [ Cf. OD. quincken to quiver, shake, Fries. quink hovering. Cf. Quich. ] To stir; to wince. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Quincuncial | [ L. quincuncialis, from quincunx. See Quincunx. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. Having the form of a quincunx. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Bot.) Having the leaves of a pentamerous calyx or corolla so imbricated that two are exterior, two are interior, and the other has one edge exterior and one interior; as, quincuncial æstivation. [ 1913 Webster ]
Quincuncial phyllotaxy (Bot.), an arrangement of five leaves in a spiral, each leaf two fifths of a circle from the next. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | Quincuncially | adv. In the manner or order of a quincunx. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Quincunx | n. [ L., fr. quinque five + uncia an ounce. The quincunx was marked by five small spots or balls. See Five, and Ounce the weight. ] 1. An arrangement of things by fives in a square or a rectangle, one being placed at each corner and one in the middle; especially, such an arrangement of trees repeated indefinitely, so as to form a regular group with rows running in various directions. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Astrol.) The position of planets when distant from each other five signs, or 150°. Hutton. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. (Bot.) A quincuncial arrangement, as of the parts of a flower in æstivation. See Quincuncial, 2. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Squinch | n. [ Corrupted fr. sconce. ] (Arch.) A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower; -- called also sconce, and sconcheon. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| | | | イエローヘッドモニター | [iero-heddomonita-] (n) yellow-head monitor (Varanus melinus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to Indonesia); quince monitor [Add to Longdo] | | マルメロ | [marumero] (n) (See 木瓜) quince (por [Add to Longdo] | | 黄金大蜥蜴 | [こがねおおとかげ;コガネオオトカゲ, koganeootokage ; koganeootokage] (n) (uk) (See イエローヘッドモニター) quince monitor (Varanus melinus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to Indonesia); yellow-head monitor [Add to Longdo] | | 花梨;花林;花櫚;榠樝 | [かりん;カリン, karin ; karin] (n) (1) (uk) (not 榠樝) Burmese rosewood (Pterocarpus indicus); angsana; amboyna; amboina; (2) (uk) (not 花林 or 花櫚) flowering quince (of genus Chaenomeles) (Pseudocydonia sinensis); Chinese quince (Chaenomeles sinensis); (3) (uk) (only 花梨 or カリン) quince (Cydonia oblonga) [Add to Longdo] | | 真木瓜 | [まぼけ, maboke] (n) Choenomeles lagenaria; maboke flowering quince [Add to Longdo] | | 草木瓜 | [くさぼけ, kusaboke] (n) (uk) Japanese quince; (Japanese) flowering quince; Maule's quince; Japonica; Chaenomeles japonica [Add to Longdo] | | 唐木瓜 | [からぼけ;カラボケ, karaboke ; karaboke] (n) kara flowering quince; Choenomeles lagenaria [Add to Longdo] | | 白木瓜 | [しろぼけ, shiroboke] (n) Choenomeles lagenaria; shiroboke flowering quince [Add to Longdo] | | 緋木瓜 | [ひぼけ, hiboke] (n) Choenomeles lagenaria; hiboke flowering quince [Add to Longdo] | | 木瓜 | [ぼけ, boke] (n) (Chinese) flowering quince; Chaenomeles speciosa [Add to Longdo] | | 淀木瓜 | [よどぼけ, yodoboke] (n) Choenomeles lagenaria; yodoboke flowering quince [Add to Longdo] |
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