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The Bengal quine or Bel or Belgae (Aegle marmelos) is an Indian tree, the fruit of which is not unlike an orange and is slightly aperient. A perfume and yellow dye are obtained from the rind, and a cement from the mucus of the seed.
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The mabolo (Diospyros discolour) is a kind of persimmon tree originally from the Philippine Islands, and introduced into the East Indies and West Indies. It bears an edible fruit as large as a quince.
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The quince (Cydonia oblonga) is a decidious shrub or small tree of the Rosaceae family, with grey felted shoots. The leaves are alternate, entire, ovate to rectangular, glabrous above, white-woolly beneath. The large flowers are whitish, short-stalked and solitary. The fruit is a large, globose or pear-shaped, felted, aromatic pome with firm flesh and dark- brown flattened seeds which are poisonous. The fruit is at first green and yellow when ripe.
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Bandoline is a gummy substance produced from gum tragacanth, quince seeds, Irish moss or Iceland moss, with perfume added and formerly used by 19th century and early 20th century hairdressers to make the hair glossy and to fix it in position.
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Quince is a carpenter in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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Cole's Quince is a variety of apple.
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Pear and quince is Australian rhyming slang for a prince.
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Quince is Australian slang for a male homosexual or effeminate male.
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