| NOUN | plant | cumquat, kumquat, 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 |
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| Meaning | Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp. | |
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| Synonyms | kumquat, kumquat tree | |
| Member of | Fortunella, genus Fortunella | small genus of shrubs native to south China producing small ovoid fruits resembling oranges |
| Parts | kumquat | small oval citrus fruit with thin sweet rind and very acid pulp |
| Narrower | marumi, marumi kumquat, round kumquat, Fortunella japonica | shrub bearing round-fruited kumquats |
| nagami, nagami kumquat, oval kumquat, Fortunella margarita | shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats | |
| Broader | citrus, citrus tree | Any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds |
| Spanish | cumquat, fortunella | |
| Catalan | cumquat, kumquat | |
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