|meləkə|tōn, -tän noun
also mel·o·co·toon -tün
( -s )
Etymology: Spanish melocotón melocoton, peach, from Medieval Latin melum cotonium quince, alteration of Latin malum cotonium, from malum apple (from Greek mēlon ) + cotonium, cotoneum quince — more at quince
: a peach grafted on a quince rootstock and formerly supposed to have special qualities of excellence