kumquat
pronunciation
How to pronounce kumquat in British English:
UK [ˈkʌmkwɒt]
How to pronounce kumquat in American English:
US [ˈkʌmkwɑt]
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- Noun:
- any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp
- small oval citrus fruit with thin sweet rind and very acid pulp
Word Origin
- kumquat (n.)
- 1690s, from Chinese (Cantonese) kamkwat, from kam "golden" + kwat "orange." Cantonese dialectal form of Chinese kin-ku.
Example
- 1. The study on sugar vacuum infusion of candied kumquat .
- 2. A preparation study of dietary fiber from kumquat marc .
- 3. It 's not that william is opposed to fruit . He likes a nice kumquat , especially in preserves .
- 4. Enzymolysis technology in the processing of kumquat juice .
- 5. Control effect of intercropping tobacco on red spider panonychus citri men in kumquat garden .