Cumquat

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  • noun. undefined
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A very small orange of about the size of a pigeon's egg, the fruit of the Citrus Aurantium, var. Japonica, very abundant in China and Japan, with a sweet rind and sharp acid pulp. It is used chiefly in preserves. Also spelled cumquot.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. See kumquat.
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  • noun. Alternative spelling of kumquat.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp
    • Word Usage
    "Unless it’s drenched in cumquat brandy, of course."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    citrus  citrus tree  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    fortunella japonica  fortunella margarita  marumi  marumi kumquat  nagami  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    kumquat  kumquat tree  
    variant
    kumquat  
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