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kumquat
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun kumquat has 2 senses
- kumquat(n = noun.plant) cumquat, kumquat tree - any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp; Array has parts: kumquat
- kumquat(n = noun.food) Array - small oval citrus fruit with thin sweet rind and very acid pulp; Array is a kind of citrous fruit, citrus, citrus fruit
is a kind of citrus, citrus tree
is a member of fortunella, genus fortunella
has particulars: fortunella japonica, marumi, marumi kumquat, round kumquat, fortunella margarita, nagami, nagami kumquat, oval kumquat
is a part of cumquat, kumquat, kumquat tree
CIDE DICTIONARY
kumquat, n. [Chin. kin keu.].
any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella (formerly Citrus ) of the rue family (Rutaceae ) (especially Citrus Japonica ) growing in China and Japan bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp; also, any of the small acid, orange-colored citrus fruits of such plants, used mostly for preserves. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
kumquat, n. (also cumquat)
1 an orange-like fruit with a sweet rind and acid pulp, used in preserves.
2 any shrub or small tree of the genus Fortunella yielding this.
1 an orange-like fruit with a sweet rind and acid pulp, used in preserves.
2 any shrub or small tree of the genus Fortunella yielding this.
Etymology
Cantonese var. of Chin. kin k{uuml} golden orange
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