{ Mel`o*co*ton", Mel`o*co*toon" } (?),
n. [Sp. melocoton a kind of peach tree and
its fruit, L. malum cotonium, or cotonea, or
Cydonia, a quince, or quince tree, lit., apple of
Cydonia, Gr. ? ?. See Quince.] (Bot.)(a)A quince.(b)A
kind of peach having one side deep red, and the flesh yellow.
[Written also malacatoon, malacotune.]