单词 | kumquat |
释义 | kumquat[ kuhm-kwot ] / ˈkʌm kwɒt / nouna small, round or oblong citrus fruit having a sweet rind and acid pulp, used chiefly for preserves. any of several citrus shrubs of the genus Fortunella, native to China, that bear this fruit. Sometimes cum·quat . Origin of kumquatFirst recorded in 1865–70; from dialectal Chinese (Guangdong) gāmgwāt “gold citrus fruit,” akin to Chinese jīnjù Words nearby kumquatKümmell's spondylitis, Kummer, kummerbund, Kummerspeck, Kumon, kumquat, Kun, kuna, kundalini, Kundera, Kundt tube Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for kumquat
British Dictionary definitions for kumquatkumquat cumquat/ (ˈkʌmkwɒt) / nounany of several small Chinese trees of the rutaceous genus Fortunella the small round orange fruit of such a tree, with a sweet rind, used in preserves and confections Word Origin for kumquatC17: from Chinese (Cantonese) kam kwat, representing Mandarin Chinese chin chü golden orange Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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