kum·quat also cum·quat (k m kw t )n. 1. Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella, having small, edible, orangelike fruit. 2. The fruit of these plants, having an acid pulp and a thin, edible rind. It is the smallest of the citrus fruits. [Chinese (Cantonese) kamkwat, equivalent to Chinese (Mandarin) x  n, gold + Chinese (Mandarin) jú, orange, tangerine.] |
kumquat, cumquat [ˈkʌmkwɒt]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several small Chinese trees of the rutaceous genus Fortunella
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the small round orange fruit of such a tree, with a sweet rind, used in preserves and confections
[from Chinese (Cantonese) kam kwat, representing Mandarin Chinese chin chü golden orange]
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| Noun | 1. |  kumquat - any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulpkumquat - small oval citrus fruit with thin sweet rind and very acid pulp citrus tree, citrus - any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds Fortunella, genus Fortunella - small genus of shrubs native to south China producing small ovoid fruits resembling oranges: includes kumquats |
| 2. | kumquat - small oval citrus fruit with thin sweet rind and very acid pulp citrous fruit, citrus, citrus fruit - any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions cumquat, kumquat, 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 |
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