kumquat
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From Cantonese 柑橘 (gam1 gwat1). (meaning gold skin)
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kumquat (plural kumquats)
- A small, orange citrus-like fruit which is native to Asia.
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- Chinese:
- Finnish: kumkvatti
- Greek: κουμ κουάτ, κουμ-κουάτ, κουμκουάτ (koumkouát)
- Hebrew: קומקוט (kumkuat)
- Japanese: キンカン (kinkan)
- Korean: 금귤 (geumgyul)
- Polish: kumkwat m.
- Russian: кумкват (kumkvát) m.
- Spanish: kuncuat m., quinoto m.
- Thai: ส้มจี๊ด (somchíd)
- Vietnamese: cẩm quất (derived from the Cantonese) or, less commonly, (quả) kim quất (if transliterated from the characters 金橘 into Sino-Vietnamese; "quả" (果) is the Sino-Vietnamese prefix for "fruit")

