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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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