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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) kumquat
a small, orange-colored citrus fruit with a sweet rind and acid pulp, eaten chiefly as a preserve.

2. kumquat
any shrub of the genus Fortunella, of the rue family, that bears this fruit.

Etymology: (1865–70; < dial. Chin (Guangdong) gāmgwāt gold citrus fruit)

Definition of 'kumquat'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) kumquat, cumquat, kumquat tree
any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp

2. (noun) kumquat
small oval citrus fruit with thin sweet rind and very acid pulp

Definition of 'kumquat'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) kumquat
a small tree of the genus Citrus (C. Japonica) growing in China and Japan; also, its small acid, orange-colored fruit used for preserves

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