The Collaborative International Dictionary
kumquat \kum"quat\, n. [Chin. kin keu.] (Bot.) any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella (formerly Citrus) of the rue family ( Rutaceae) (especially Citrus Japonica) growing in China and Japan bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp; also, any of the small acid, orange-colored citrus fruits of such plants, used mostly for preserves. [Also spelled cumquat.]
cumquat \cum"quat\, n. (Bot.) See Kumquat.
Syn: kumquat, kumquat tree.
Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of kumquat English)
WordNet
n. 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: kumquat, kumquat tree]
Usage examples of "cumquat".
Great All-knowing Cumquat, a fruit that when you ate it was supposed to give you the Knowledge of All Things.
When the correct incantation was spoken, the one and only Great All-knowing Cumquat would start to glow, and at that moment it had to be picked and shortly after consumed or the power would be lost forever.
Further, he said that even when we had fought all the creatures guarding the tree we should have plenty of time to retrieve the Cumquat and for him to become even more powerful, which would mean hazard pay and bonuses for all of us.
See, it would have more accurately been titled the Cumquat of the Knowledge of How to Cure Ailments of the Foot.