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kumquat |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Kumquat \Kum"quat\, n. [Chin. kin keu.] (Bot.) A small tree of the genus {Citrus} ({C. Japonica}) growing in China and Japan; also its small acid, orange-colored fruit used for preserves. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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: {cumquat}, {kumquat tree}] 2: small oval citrus fruit with thin sweet rind and very acid pulp
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