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kumquat
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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.]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1690s, from Chinese (Cantonese) kamkwat, from kam "golden" + kwat "orange." Cantonese dialectal form of Chinese kin-ku.
Wiktionary
n. A small, orange citrus-like fruit which is native to Asia, ''Fortunella''.
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: cumquat, kumquat tree]
small oval citrus fruit with thin sweet rind and very acid pulp
Wikipedia
Kumquats (or cumquats in Australian English; ; or ) are a group of small fruit-bearing trees in the flowering plant family Rutaceae, either forming the genus Fortunella, or placed within Citrus sensu lato.
The edible fruit closely resembles that of the orange (Citrus sinensis), but it is much smaller, being approximately the size and shape of a large olive. Kumquat is a fairly cold-hardy citrus.
Usage examples of "kumquat".
Meanwhile, a calico cat named Kumquat, then a small black and white mutt named Boots, and finally an only somewhat raucous green parrot named Hector, had been added to the family, at which point the house no longer felt too big.
A moment later Kumquat, obviously assuming he held no ill will against her disinterest at his homecoming yesterday, darted in from the dining room and leapt into his lap.
Placing Kumquat into the box, he moved through the basement, finding all the things he needed.
True, she let Kumquat out every morning and every night, but the cat never stayed outside very long, and always spent most of the day sleeping on her bed.
Her father must have gone down there sometime during the day, and if Kumquat found the door open, her curiosity alone would have made her go through it.
As he spoke his mind, her bright mood dimmed, but she heard him out without interrupting, cursing, or dumping the kumquat trifle on his head-though she dearly wished to do all of these things.
She pointed, saying it with about as much interest as if she were discussing the price of kumquats in the supermarket.
Pomegranates overlapped persimmons, peaches and cherries intertwined, a lacy forest of citrus--tangerines, lemons, grapefruits, and oranges--gradually gave way to thick meandering shrubbery, dappled with sweet-skinned kumquats and guavas that Grandsarah made into jelly each fall.
In recognition of your kind offer to share your food, I will stand us a pair of kumquats, or whatever else they might have that suits.
It was threaded with rivers crossed by high bridges and, in the valleys and on the hillsides, mostly grown in what were clearly prosperous small or medium-sized holdings, coffee, kumquats, maize, avocado, peppers, with tomatoes and potatoes stacked by the roadside for collection, huge and red.
Torve the Trog was eating from a heaping plate of kumquats, Morovian sugar-grass, and ruvelo, a red root-paste common in this octant as a staple starch.
These kumquats were of a variety developed in modern times and Torve was eating only the sweet golden rinds and setting the little fruits aside.
These kumquats were of a variety developed in modern times and Torve was eating only the sweet golden rinds and setting the little fruits aside.
Dumbstruck, the party saw squads of squash, platoons of potatoes, companies of kumquats, battalions of beets, and regiments of radishes, all tramping to a martial air played by a fifty-piece rutabaga marching band.
Ballistas of kamikaze kumquats rained death down upon the barricades, and deafening reports of aerial popcorns toppled parapets on the heads of Serutan's henchmen.