English noun: kumquat |
1. | kumquat (plant) any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp |
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| Synonyms | cumquat, kumquat tree |
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| Broader (hypernym) | citrus, citrus tree |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Fortunella japonica, Fortunella margarita, marumi, marumi kumquat, nagami, nagami kumquat, oval kumquat, round kumquat |
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| Part holonym | kumquat |
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| Member meronym | Fortunella, genus Fortunella |
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2. | kumquat (food) small oval citrus fruit with thin sweet rind and very acid pulp |
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| Broader (hypernym) | citrous fruit, citrus, citrus fruit |
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| Part meronym | cumquat, kumquat, kumquat tree |
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