/kum"kwot/ , n.
1. a small, round or oblong citrus fruit having a sweet rind and acid pulp, used chiefly for preserves.
2. any of several citrus shrubs of the genus Fortunella, native to China, that bear this fruit.
Also, cumquat .
[ 1865-70; gamgwat gold citrus fruit, akin to Chin jinjù ]