cumquat

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
cumquat
    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: {kumquat},
         {cumquat}, {kumquat tree}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
cumquat \cum"quat\, n. (Bot.)
   See {Kumquat}.

   Syn: kumquat, kumquat tree.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
    

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