MARMALADE

marmalade. Marmalade, n. pulp of quinces boiled in sugar

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Mar″ma‐lade (mär″mȧ‐lād), n. [[F. marmelade, Pg. marmelada, fr. marmélo a quince, fr. L. melimelum honey apple, Gr. μελίμηλον a sweet apple, an apple grafted on a quince; μέλι honey + μη̑λον apple. Cf. 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 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 single large seed. The fruit is called marmalade, or natural marmalade, from its consistency and flavor.