Marmalade
Marmalade (mar"mȧ*lād) , noun
[French marmelade, Portuguese marmelada, from marmélo a quince, from Latin melimelum honey apple, Greek meli`mhlon a sweet apple, an apple grafted on a quince; me`li honey + mh^lon apple. Compare Mellifluous, Melon.]
A preserve or confection made of the pulp of fruit, as the quince, pear, apple, orange, etc., boiled with sugar, and brought to a jamlike consistency.
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Marmalade tree (Botany) , 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 single large seed. The fruit is called marmalade, or natural marmalade, from its consistency and flavor.