English > kumquat: 2 senses > noun 1, plant| 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 | cumquat, kumquat tree |
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| Member of | Fortunella, genus Fortunella | small genus of shrubs native to south China producing small ovoid fruits resembling oranges |
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| Parts | kumquat | small oval citrus fruit with thin sweet rind and very acid pulp |
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| Narrower | marumi, marumi kumquat, round kumquat, Fortunella japonica | shrub bearing round-fruited kumquats |
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| 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 |
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| Spanish | cumquat, fortunella |
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| Catalan | cumquat, kumquat |
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