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quince
Any of the fruit shrubs and small trees that make up the genus Cydonia, in the rose family. Common quince (C. oblonga) is native to Iran, Turkey, and perhaps Greece and the Crimea. The raw golden-yellow fruit has a strong fragrant aroma and astringent taste; it takes on a pink color when cooked and makes an excellent preserve. The Japanese quince (Chaenomeles species) is an ornamental shrub widely used for its flowers, which appear on the tightly branched stems before the leaves open fully in late winter and early spring.


Quinte
Arm of Lake Ontario, SE Ontario. It extends for 75 mi (121 km) from its entrance near Amherst Island to Murray Canal at the W end. A resort area, it is a scenic, narrow bay with many small inlets. Among the major settlements around the bay are Trenton, Belleville, Deseronto, and Picton. The bay's name was derived from Kenté , an Indian village on the bay's W shore.


Quintero
U.S. (Panamanian-born) theatrical director. After studying theater at USC, he directed his first play in 1949. He was a founder of the off-Broadway theater Circle in the Square, where he directed regularly from 1950, establishing the house as a major center for serious theater. His direction of T. Williams's Summer and Smoke (1952) confirmed his reputation and made a star of G. Page. He was best known for his productions of 20th-cent. plays, especially those of Williams and E. O'Neill, incl. The Iceman Cometh (1956), Long Day's Journey Into Night (1956), and A Moon for the Misbegotten (1973, Tony award).


equine
Any member of the ungulate family Equidae, which includes the modern horses, zebras, and asses, all in the genus Equus, as well as more than 60 species known only from fossils. Equines descended from the dawn horse (see eohippus). Wild horses, which once inhabited much of N Eurasia, were smaller and had shorter legs than their domesticated descendants. See also Przewalski's horse.


Guinness
British actor. He made his stage debut in 1934. His reputation soared after 1936, when he joined the Old Vic company and starred in plays by W. Shakespeare, G. B. Shaw, and A. Chekhov. A versatile actor, he won the praise of New York critics and audiences in Shakespearean roles and in T. S. Eliot's The Cocktail Party (1946). His many films include comedies such as Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), The Lavender Hill Mob (1951), The Captain's Paradise (1953), and Our Man in Havana (1959) as well as dramas such as The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957, Academy Award) and Tunes of Glory (1960). He won a new generation of fans in three Star Wars films (1977, 1980, 1983).


Quiche
Indian population of the Guatemalan highlands, largest of all ethnic groups speaking a Mayan language. The Quiche Mayas had an advanced civilization in pre-Columbian times. Records of their history and mythology are preserved in the Popol Vuh. Traditional Quiche are ...

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