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Webster 1913 Edition

Marmalade

Mar′ma-lade

(mär′mȧ-lād)
,
Noun.
[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 +
μῆλον
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 consistency.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Marmalade

M`ARMALADE

,
Noun.
[L. melo, mel.] The pulp of quinces boiled into a consistence with sugar, or a confection of plums, apricots, quinces, &c. boiled with sugar. In Scotland, it is made of Seville oranges and sugar only.

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