A fruit which looks like a tiny orange The rind is sweet and the flesh is tart The fruit can be eaten rind and all, but it's most often found pickled, candied, in preserves or marmalade Recipe: Kentucky Bourbon Pie
small oval citrus fruit with thin sweet rind and very acid pulp any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp
a fruit that looks like a very small orange (kam kwat ). Any of several evergreen shrubs or small trees of the genus Fortunella (rue, or citrus, family), or their fruit. Native to eastern Asia, kumquats are cultivated throughout the subtropics. The mainly thornless branches bear dark green, glossy leaves and white, orangelike flowers. The small, bright orange-yellow, round or oval fruit has mildly acid, juicy pulp and a sweet, edible, pulpy skin. Kumquats may be eaten fresh, preserved, or candied, or made into jams and jellies. In the U.S., hybrids have been produced with other citrus fruits
Japonica growing in China and Japan; also, its small acid, orange-colored fruit used for preserves
The smallest of the citrus fruits, the kumquat is used in desserts, jellies, and marmalades If eaten fresh, the fruit should be very ripe or it will likely be unpalatable