Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun kumquat

2 senses of kumquat

Sense 1
kumquat, cumquat, kumquat tree -- (any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp)
       => citrus, citrus tree -- (any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds)

Sense 2
kumquat -- (small oval citrus fruit with thin sweet rind and very acid pulp)
       => citrus, citrus fruit, citrous fruit -- (any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions)