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7 words match “MARMALADE”

MARMALADE n.
ince, pear, apple, orange, etc., boiled with sugar, and brought to a jamlike consistence. Marmalade tree (Bot.), a sapotaceous tree (Lucuma mammosa) of the West Indies and Tropical America. It has large obovate leaves and an egg-shaped fruit from three to five inches long, containing a pleasant-flavored pulp and a sing…
BISCOTIN n.
A confection made of flour, sugar, marmalade, and eggs; a sweet biscuit.
CHICO n.
In the Philippines, the sapodilla or its fruit; also, the marmalade tree or its fruit.
MARMALET n.
See Marmalade. [Obs.]
QUIDDANY n.
A confection of quinces, in consistency between a sirup and marmalade.
QUINCE n.
in each carpel. It has hard flesh of high flavor, but very acid, and is largely used for marmalade, jelly, and preserves.
SAPOTACEOUS a.
) of (mostly tropical) trees and shrubs, including the star apple, the Lucuma, or natural marmalade tree, the gutta-percha tree (Isonandra), and the India mahwa, as well as the sapodilla, or sapota, after which the order is named.