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kumquat
kumquat
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for kumquat
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
kumquat \kum"quat\, n. [Chin. kin keu.] (Bot.) any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella Citrus)+of+the+rue+family+({Rutaceae">(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. [Also spelled cumquat.] [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
kumquat n 1: any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp [syn: kumquat, cumquat, kumquat tree] 2: small oval citrus fruit with thin sweet rind and very acid pulp