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kumquat, cumquat|ˈkʌmkwɒt|
Also 7 camquit, 9 cum-, -quot, kum-kat.
[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.
1699W. Dampier Voy. II. i. 23 The Oranges are of divers sorts, and two of them more excellent than the rest. One sort is called Camchain, the other is called Camquit..The Cam-quit is a very small round Fruit. 1841Sir J. 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. 1870Jrnl. R. Hort. Soc. II. 46 (title) Observations on the kumquat. 1882Garden 7 Jan. 1/2 The Kumquat, or Japanese dwarf Orange. 1892Grocer's Catal. Cumquats (small Oranges in syrup). 1913E. 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. 1968Punch 13 Mar. 402/2 Mr. Adams is..occasionally affected (a face like ‘a hybrid kumquat’). But he's written a master thriller.
2. Austral. A very small native citrus fruit, Eremocitrus glauca, or the tree producing it.
1889J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants of Austral. 8 Atalantia glauca..‘Native Kumquat’, ‘Desert Lemon’{ddd}New South Wales and Queensland. 1955P. White Tree of Man (1956) 400 Boys should eat kumquats, the syrup running from the corners of their mouths. 1965Austral. 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. |