Kumquat

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella, having small, edible, orangelike fruit.
  • n. The fruit of these plants, having an acid pulp and a thin, edible rind. It is the smallest of the citrus fruits.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A small, orange citrus-like fruit which is native to Asia.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. See cumquat.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • 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
  • n. small oval citrus fruit with thin sweet rind and very acid pulp
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    citrous fruit    citrus    citrus fruit   
    Cross Reference
    native kumquat   
    Variant
    cumquat   
    Form
    orangequat    citrangequat    limequat   
     
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