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kumquat tree

DEFINITIONS OF: kumquat tree

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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

Synonyms:
cumquat, kumquat
Types:
Fortunella japonica, marumi, marumi kumquat, round kumquat
shrub bearing round-fruited kumquats
Fortunella margarita, nagami, nagami kumquat, oval kumquat
shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats
Type of:
citrus, citrus tree
any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds
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