quince bush
- noun
- She planted a quince bush beside the fence to enjoy its spring blossoms.
Examples
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The quince bush in our garden produced a lot of fragrant fruit this year.
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The quince bush bloomed beautifully in spring.
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Many gardeners appreciate the quince bush for its resilience and attractive flowers.
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I planted a quince bush in my garden last year.
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In the spring, the quince bush blooms with beautiful pinkish flowers.
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She planted a quince bush in her garden for its fragrant fruit.
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The quince bush attracted many bees with its vibrant blossoms.
Synonyms
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A small Asian tree with pink flowers and pear-shaped fruit you can eat
A small Asian tree with pink flowers and pear-shaped fruit used to make jam
A small Asian shrub with spiny branches and red or pink flowers
A thorny bush from China that makes red or white flowers in spring
A bush from China that loses its leaves, has thorns and red or white flowers
A thorny shrub from Japan with red spring flowers
A thorny shrub with bright red flowers grown in gardens
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Morphology
The phrase denotes a bush that is a quince plant — combining 'quince' (a tree producing fragrant fruit) with 'bush' (a small woody plant) yields the predictable meaning of a quince in shrub form. This is a straightforward noun–noun composition following normal English compounding patterns and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Quince bush is made from the fruit name quince and the word bush, which means a small 'shrub'. The picture is of a small shrub that makes pear-shaped quince 'fruit' and pretty flowers, so today it means 'a small shrub grown for its quince or for its flowers'.