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US
/ˈkəmkwɑt/
]
[ UK /kˈʌmkwæt/ ]
[ UK /kˈʌmkwæt/ ]
NOUN
- any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp
- small oval citrus fruit with thin sweet rind and very acid pulp
How To Use kumquat In A Sentence
- similar to the tangerine"; kalamansi, meanwhile, also known as calamondin orange, is a naturally-occurring hybrid between a type of tangerine and a type of kumquat. FoodNavigator RSS
- Dessert - the creamy panna cotta was superb, with a contrasting marmalade-like bitter kumquat accompaniment.
- Consider a blooming bonsai, bougainvillea, daylily, or gardenia, or a citrus tree such as ‘Clementine’ tangerine, ‘Improved Meyer’ lemon, or kumquat.
- Kumquats from her mother's garden in LA spill out. Times, Sunday Times
- The cake was extremely dense and moist, and yet refreshing thanks to kumquats, with which I also made compote and served with the cake.
- When it comes to bok choy, napa cabbage, mungbean sprouts, snow peas, litchis and kumquats, you no longer have to make a trip to Chinatown.
- The word kumquat in itself is funny but porkquat is hilarious! Porkquat Stir Fry
- The miniature calamondin ‘orange’ grown as a decorative house plant is sometimes considered to be a mandarin × kumquat hybrid, and sometimes assigned to a species of its own.
- In a medium saucepan over medium heat, bring the sliced kumquats and water to a simmer.
- The recipe also adds homemade honeyed ginger and store-bought candied orange peel, but I used store-bought crystallized ginger and peel of home-made candied kumquats, which were what I had at my hand.