the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. See kumquat.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A very small orange of about the size of a pigeon's egg, the fruit of the Citrus Aurantium, var. Japonica, very abundant in China and Japan, with a sweet rind and sharp acid pulp. It is used chiefly in preserves. Also spelled cumquot.
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n. any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp
Word Usage
"Unless it’s drenched in cumquat brandy, of course."