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kumquat
(kum′kwät′)
noun
- an orange-colored, oval fruit about the size of a small plum, with a sour pulp and a sweet rind, used in preserves and confections
- a tree (genus Fortunella) of the rue family that bears this fruit
Origin: Cantonese kam-kwat < Mandarin chin-chü, lit., golden orange
See kumquat in American Heritage Dictionary 4
also cum·quat
noun- Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella, having small, edible, orangelike fruit.
- The fruit of these plants, having an acid pulp and a thin, edible rind. It is the smallest of the citrus fruits.
Origin:
Origin: Chinese (Cantonese) kamkwat
Origin: , equivalent to Chinese (Mandarin) xīn, gold
Origin: + Chinese (Mandarin) jú, orange, tangerine
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