FORTUNELLA JAPONICA

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Meaning:

Shrub bearing round-fruited kumquats

Synonyms:

Fortunella japonica; marumi; marumi kumquat; round kumquat

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Fortunella japonica" is a kind of...):

cumquat; kumquat; kumquat tree (any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp)

Holonyms ("Fortunella japonica" is a member of...):

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

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