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kumquat

noun
🔊/ˈkʌmkwɒt/
🔊/ˈkʌmkwɑːt/
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  1. a fruit like a very small orange that has sweet skin that is eaten and an inner part that has a bitter sharp taste 金柑；金橘Topics Foodc2
    Word Originlate 17th cent.: from Chinese (Cantonese dialect) kam kwat ‘little orange’.