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Fortunella

noun

small genus of shrubs native to south China producing small ovoid fruits resembling oranges: includes kumquats

• Syn: ↑genus Fortunella

• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Rutaceae, ↑family Rutaceae, ↑rue family

• Member Meronyms:

↑kumquat, ↑cumquat, ↑kumquat tree, ↑marumi, ↑marumi kumquat, ↑round kumquat, ↑Fortunella japonica

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\\ˌfȯ(r)chəˈnelə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Robert Fortune died 1880 Scottish traveler and botanist + New Latin -ella

: a genus of Asiatic evergreen citrus shrubs or small trees comprising the kumquats and being often included in the genus Citrus from which it is distinguished by small acid fruits with a sweet pulpy edible skin and only three to seven fruit segments

Useful english dictionary. 2012.