flowering quince
- noun
- /ˈflaʊərɪŋ kwɪns/
:
membrillo en flor
- During the spring, the flowering quince attracts many bees with its lovely flowers.
Examples
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The flowering quince produces beautiful pink blossoms in early spring.
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Suddenly energized, I walked briskly past the flowering quince beside the cellar door and across the path to the garden shed.
Fiction book (1993) -
In our garden, the flowering quince adds a splash of color with its vibrant red flowers.
Synonyms
A small bush from East Asia with bright spring flowers and hard fruit
A thorny bush from China that makes red or white flowers in spring
A thorny shrub from Japan with red spring flowers
A thorny shrub with bright red flowers grown in gardens
A bush from China that loses its leaves, has thorns and red or white flowers
A small tree or bush with pink flowers and pear-shaped fruit
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'flowering' (bearing blossoms) modifies 'quince' (a garden tree), so it denotes a quince that is in bloom. This simple adjective + noun pattern is common cross-linguistically and would be predictable for a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Flowering quince gets its name from the two words flowering and quince: it is a small, spiny, quince-like shrub that makes bright pink or red flowers in spring. That's why the name means a plant grown for its pretty flowers.
