Found 2 items, similar to Kumquat.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: kumquat kumquat n 1: 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 ] 2: small oval citrus fruit with thin sweet rind and very acid pulp
English → English (gcide) Definition: kumquat 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.] [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]