Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Melocoton \Mel`o*co*ton"\, Melocotoon \Mel`o*co*toon"\, n. [Sp.
   melocoton a kind of peach tree and its fruit, L. malum
   cotonium, or cotonea, or Cydonia, a quince, or quince tree,
   lit., apple of Cydonia, Gr. ? ?. See {Quince}.] (Bot.)
   (a) A quince.
   (b) A kind of peach having one side deep red, and the flesh
       yellow. [Written also {malacatoon}, {malacotune}.]