kumquat
noun/ˈkʌmkwɒt/
/ˈkʌmkwɑːt/
- a fruit like a very small orange that has sweet skin that is eaten and an inner part that has a bitter sharp taste Topics Foodc2Word Originlate 17th cent.: from Chinese (Cantonese dialect) kam kwat ‘little orange’.
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