Quince (disambiguation)

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The Quince is the sole member of the genus Cydonia.

Quince may also refer to:

Botany

• Chinese Quince, a related plant with the scientific name Pseudocydonia sinensis
• The three flowering quinces of eastern Asia in the genus Chaenomeles
• Bengal Quince, a species of tree with the scientific name Aegle marmelos (also known as Bael)

Other

• a Quinceañera, a coming of age ceremony held on a girl's fifteenth birthday
• The Spanish word for fifteen
• A search-and-rescue robot developed by the Chiba Institute of Technology

People

• Peggy Quince (born 1948), Associate Justice of the Florida Supreme Court
• Peter Quince (fictional character), a carpenter that works in Athens in the romantic comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream
• Quince Duncan (born 1940), Spanish-language author from Costa Rica
• Will Quince (born 1982), English Conservative Party politician, MP for Colchester since 2015

See also

• Wild Quince, the common name of several plant species
• The Quince Brigada, the XV International Brigade of the Republican army of the Spanish Civil War
• Quince Orchard (disambiguation)