kum·quat also cum·quat (kŭm´kwŏt)
n.
1. Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella, having small, edible, orangelike fruit.
2. The fruit of these plants, having an acid pulp and a thin, edible rind. It is the smallest of the citrus fruits.
[1865-7; < dial. Chin. (Guangdong) gāmgwāt gold citrus fruit, akin to Chin jīnjú]
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Main Entry: no·men·cla·tor Pronunciation: nō'mən-klā́tər Function: noun Etymology: Latin, slave whose duty was to announce the names of persons met during a political campaign, from nomen + calare to call 1 : a book containing collections or lists of words 2 archaic : one who announces the names of guests or of persons generally 3 : one who gives names to or invents names for things
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