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Kumquat

Definition: Kumquat

Kumquat

Noun

1. Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp.

2. Small oval citrus fruit with thin sweet rind and very acid pulp.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Note: Kumquat \Kum"quat\, noun. [Chin. kin keu.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonyms: Kumquat

Synonyms: cumquat (n), kumquat tree (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Kumquat

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Kumquat
Kumquat
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Magnoliophyta
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order: Sapindales
Family:Rutaceae
Genus:Fortunella
A kumquat (from the Cantonese 柑橘 "Gam2 Gwat1"; the Pinyin rendering of the Mandarin word is "Gan1 Ju2"; also cumquat) is a small tree and its fruit, related to the Mandarin orange, and classified in the flowering plant Family Rutaceae.

The plant

The kumquat tree is slow-growing, evergreen, and 2.5 to 4.5 meters tall. It is a richly-branched shrub with branches sometimes bearing small thorns, with dark green glossy leaves and pure white orange-like flowers standing singly or clustered in the leaf-axils.

Kumquats originated in China (noted in literature there in the 12th century), and have long been cultivated there and in Japan. They were introduced to Europe in 1846 by Mr. Fortune, collector for the London Horticultural Society, and shortly thereafter into North America. Originally placed in the genus Citrus, they were set apart in the genus Fortunella in 1915.

Current varieties (species) include Hong Kong Wild (Fortunella hindsii), Marumi (Fortunella japonica), Meiwa (Fortunella crassifolia), and Nagami (Fortunella margarita). They are currently cultivated in China, South East Asia, Japan and the USA. Kumquats are much hardier than citrus plants such as oranges.

The fruit

The fruit of the kumquat is also called kinkan. In appearance it resembles an oval or oblong orange, 3 to 5 cm long and 2 to 4 cm wide. Depending on variety, peel color ranges from yellow to red. A Nagami kumquat is oval and has a yellow skin, while a Marumi kumquat is round with an orange colored skin. Kumquats are frequently eaten whole — the skin is tart and the inner layer sweet (or vice-versa) and green. The variety of kumquat in Hong Kong has rather sweet rind compared to the rind of other citrus fruits. The juicy center is often too sour to eat and is thrown away after the rind is consumed. The fruit is also candied and made into preserves, marmalade, and jelly.

The Cantonese often preserve kumquats in salt. A batch of the fruit is buried in dry salt inside a glass jar. Over time, all the juice from the fruit is extracted through osmosis into the salt. The fruits in the jar will become shrunken and wrinkled in dark brown color, and the salt will become a dark brown brine. A few salted kumquats and a few teaspoonful of the brined juice are mixed with hot water to make a remedy for sore throat. A jar of such preserved kumquats can last several years.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Kumquat."

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Crosswords: Kumquat

English words defined with "kumquat": kumquat treemarumi kumquatnagami kumquatoval kumquatround kumquat. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Kumquat

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Books

  • Kumquat for John Keats (reference)

  • Kumquat May, I'll Always Love You (Starfire) (reference)

  • The Garden Club and the Kumquat Campaign: A Novel (reference)

  • The Kumquat Statement, (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Kumquat

Computer Images:
Kumquat

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Expressions: Kumquat

Expressions using "kumquat": kumquat tree marumi kumquat nagami kumquat oval kumquat round kumquat. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Kumquat

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

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126

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53

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24

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13

company kumquat list

11

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11

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11

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10

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6

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4

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3

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3

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2

kumquat nagami

2
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Modern Translation: Kumquat

Language Translations for "kumquat"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

金橘 , 金" (kumquats). (various references)

   

Danish

  

kumquat (nagami kumquat, oval kumquat). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

kumquat (nagami kumquat, oval kumquat), dwergsinaasappel. (various references)

   

French

  

kumquat ovale (nagami kumquat, oval kumquat), kumquat nagami (nagami kumquat, oval kumquat), kumquat chair acide (nagami kumquat, oval kumquat), kumquat (nagami kumquat, oval kumquat). (various references)

   

German

  

Kumquat (chinotto, myrtle leaf orange, nagami kumquat, oval kumquat). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κουμκουάτ. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kamkvat, savanyú narancs. (various references)

   

Italian

  

kumquat, kumkuat (nagami kumquat, oval kumquat). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

金柑 (cumquat). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

き"か" (brassinstrument, cumquat, gold crown, gold ring, recent publication). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

금귤 (kumquats). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

umquatkay

   

Portuguese

  

kumquat, Cunquato. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

kumquat, kumcuat (nagami kumquat, oval kumquat), naranja china, nagami (nagami kumquat, oval kumquat), cumquat. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

кумкват. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Kumquat

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Citrus japonica, Citrus margarita, Fortunella japonica, Fortunella margarita. (various references)

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Derivations & Misspellings: Kumquat

Derivations

Words beginning with "kumquat": kumquats. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Kumquat" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: kumbukan, kumkwat, nunquam. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Kumquat"

Words rhyming with "kumquat" (pronounced 'Kum"quat'): Cumquat, loquat. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Kumquat

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-k-m-q-t-u-u"

-3 letters: maut.

-4 letters: amu, auk, kat, mat, mut, qat, qua, tam, tau, uta.

-5 letters: am, at, ka, ma, mu, ta, um, ut.

 Words containing the letters "a-k-m-q-t-u-u"
 

+1 letter: kumquats.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Kumquat


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4B 75 6D 71 75 61 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.-    ..-    --    --.-    ..-    .-    -

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001011 01110101 01101101 01110001 01110101 01100001 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#75 &#117 &#109 &#113 &#117 &#97 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004B 0075 006D 0071 0075 0061 0074

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

45877983876786

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Kumquat"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Chinese

字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kineser, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, cinese, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , 중국, chinês, chino, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць

Danish

ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse丹麦语, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, dán, danese, 덴마크, dinamarquês, danés, датський, датська мова

Dutch

woordenboek, definitie, translatie菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, hollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holland, olandese, 네덜란", holandês, holandés, голландська мова, голландський

French

dictionnaire, définition, traduction法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , "랑스, francês, francés, французька мова, французький

German

Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , tysker, Duitse, allemand, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, alemão, alemán, німкеня, німецький, німець

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση希腊语, 希臘語 , græker, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", 그리스, grego, griego, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , ungarer, Hongaarse, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, húngaro, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzione意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italiener, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, 이탈리아, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка

Japanese Kanji

辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", 일본, japonês, japonés, японська мова, японський, японка, японець

Japanese Katakana

じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", 일본, japonês, japonés, японська мова, японський, японка, японець

Korean

사 , 의, 번역韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , Koreaans, coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτικοσ, κορεάτησ, koreai, 한국, coréia, a língua coreana, coreano, кореянка, коре"ць, корейська мова, корейський

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, tradução葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", 포르투갈, português, portugués, португальський, португальська мова, португалець

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducción西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, Spaans, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, espanhol, español, іспанський, іспанська мова

Ukrainian

словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення乌克兰, Oekraïens, ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ukrán, ucraino, ucraniano, ucranio, український, українець

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translation英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, 영국, inglês, inglés, англійський, англійці, англійська мова
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Translations: Ancient
10. Derivations
11. Rhymes
12. Anagrams
13. Orthography
14. Bibliography


  

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