kumquat

kum·quat also cum·quat  (kmkwt)

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.

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[Chinese (Cantonese) kamkwat, equivalent to Chinese (Mandarin) xn, gold + Chinese (Mandarin) jú, orange, tangerine.]

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kumquat [kumm-kwott]

Noun

a citrus fruit resembling a tiny orange [Cantonese Chinese kam kwat golden orange]

Thesaurus

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 pulp cumquat, kumquat tree kumquat - 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 Fortunella japonica, marumi, marumi kumquat, round kumquat - shrub bearing round-fruited kumquats Fortunella margarita, nagami, nagami kumquat, oval kumquat - shrub bearing oval-fruited 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