cumquat
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cumquat
▶noun variant spelling of kumquat.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
kumquat /ˈkʌmkwɒt/ (also cumquat)
▶noun
- 1 an East Asian citrus-like fruit with an edible sweet rind and acid pulp.
- 2 the tree which yields kumquats. [Genus Fortunella.]
– origin C17: from Chin. (Cantonese dial.) kam kwat ‘little orange’.
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