membrillo

Inherited from Latin melimēlum (“sweet apple”), from Ancient Greek μελίμηλον (melímēlon), from μέλι (méli, “honey”) + μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”). Compare Portuguese marmelo.

• Syllabification: mem‧bri‧llo

membrillo m (plural membrillos)

1. quince (fruit)
2. quince (tree)

   Synonym: membrillero

• “membrillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28