Cumquat vs. Kumquat

Cumquatnoun

See Kumquat.

Cumquatnoun

any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp

Kumquatnoun

A small, orange citrus-like fruit which is native to Asia, Fortunella.

Kumquatnoun

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.

Kumquatnoun

any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp

Kumquatnoun

small oval citrus fruit with thin sweet rind and very acid pulp

Kumquatnoun

an orange-like fruit related to the citruses, with an edible sweet rind and acid pulp.

Kumquatnoun

the East Asian shrub or small tree that yields the kumquat.

Kumquat

Kumquats (; Chinese: 金桔, gāmgāt or jīnjú), or cumquats in Australian English, are a group of small fruit-bearing trees in the flowering plant family Rutaceae. They were previously classified as forming the now-historical genus Fortunella, or placed within Citrus, sensu lato.