melocoton

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/ˌmɛləkəˈtɒn/

noun

A kind of yellow-fleshed peach having red skin

OriginSpanish melocotón ← Latin mālum cotōnium ← Ancient Greek μηλοκυδώνιον (mēlokudṓnion) →
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Meanings

nounmelocoton (plural melocotons)

plural melocotons · alternative malacatoon · alternative malacotoon · alternative malacotune · alternative malakatoon · alternative melocotoon

  1. archaicA kind of yellow-fleshed peach having red skin
  2. archaicA quince.

Origin

  1. Latinmālum
  2. Latincotōnium
  3. Ancient Greekμηλοκυδώνιον (mēlokudṓnion)
  4. Latinmālum cotōnium
  5. Spanishmelóninflu.
  6. Spanishmelocotón
  7. Englishmelocoton

Borrowed from Spanish melocotón (“peach tree and its fruit”), from Latin mālum cotōnium (“quince, or quince tree”, literally “apple of Cydonia”).

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APA

melocoton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/melocoton

MLA

“melocoton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/melocoton. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “melocoton,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/melocoton.

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