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单词 kumquat
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kumquatn.

Brit. /ˈkʌmkwɒt/, U.S. /ˈkəmˌkwɑt/
Forms: Also 1600s camquit, 1800s cum-, -quot, kum-kat, 1800s– cumquat.
Etymology: The Cantonese dialectal form of the Chinese name kin kü ‘gold orange’.
1. A small, orange-like citrus fruit from a tree of the genus Fortunella, native to southern China and Malaysia.
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1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. i. ii. 23 The Oranges are of divers sorts, and two of them more excellent than the rest. One sort is called Cam-chain, the other is called Camquit... The Cam-quit is a very small round Fruit.
1841 J. F. Davis Sketches China (1857) II. 302 The Chinese have besides several diminutive species of the genus citrus; one of which, called Kum-kat, makes a good sweetmeat when preserved whole.
1870 Jrnl. Royal Hort. Soc. 2 46 (title) Observations on the kumquat.
1882 Garden 7 Jan. 1/2 The Kumquat, or Japanese dwarf Orange.
1892 Grocer's Catal. Cumquats (small Oranges in syrup).
1913 E. H. Wilson Naturalist in W. China II. iii. 25 The Kumquat (C. Japonica) is sparingly cultivated for its fruits, which, preserved with sugar, are an esteemed delicacy.
1968 Punch 13 Mar. 402/2 Mr. Adams is..occasionally affected (a face like ‘a hybrid kumquat’). But he's written a master thriller.
2. Australian. A very small native citrus fruit, Eremocitrus glauca, or the tree producing it.
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1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 8 Atalantia glauca..‘Native Kumquat’, ‘Desert Lemon’…New South Wales and Queensland.
1955 P. White Tree of Man iv. xx. 400 Boys should eat kumquats, the syrup running from the corners of their mouths.
1965 Austral. Encycl. IV. 227/2 Eremocitrus glauca, native kumquat or wild lime (Rutaceæ): small spiny tree of western New South Wales and Queensland; the globular ½ inch fruits are pleasantly acidic and suitable for preserves, also cool drinks.
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