KUMQUAT


Meaning of KUMQUAT in English

n. (also cumquat)

1. an orange-like fruit with a sweet rind and acid pulp, used in preserves.

2 any shrub or small tree of the genus Fortunella yielding this.

Etymology: Cantonese var. of Chin. kin k{uuml} golden orange

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.