nagami

9.9

A small orange fruit from a shrub that you can eat whole

noun

Specialized

: nagami

But this is a Nagami kumquat right here.

Examples

During the summer, the farmer sells fresh Nagami kumquats at the local market.
I enjoyed making marmalade from the tart Nagami kumquats.
The Nagami kumquat tree in my garden is full of bright orange fruit.

Synonyms

kumquat

vsnagami

10 7.1

A small orange fruit with sweet skin and sour flesh you eat whole

specifies a particular shrub variety with small oval edible fruit rather than generic fruit

kumquat tree

vsnagami

1 6.3

A small tree that grows orange fruits with sweet skin and sour inside

focuses on a shrub member of the group rather than any small tree form

nagami kumquat

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Specialized

7.7

A small evergreen bush that makes oval orange fruits people eat whole and grows in gardens

is the shorter variant name for the same shrub and fruit

oval kumquat

vsnagami

7.6

A small evergreen bush that grows oval orange fruits you can eat

is the general name focusing on the shrub and its edible fruit

Fortunella margarita

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Specialized

9.0

A small bush from East Asia that has oval kumquats with edible skin and a sweet-tart taste

is the common descriptive term rather than the botanical species name

Compounds

nagami kumquat

Specialized

7.7

A small evergreen bush that makes oval orange fruits people eat whole and grows in gardens

Surface Forms

nagami singular

nagamis plural

Etymology

Nagami comes from Japanese parts naga ('long') and mi ('fruit'), a name that shows the kumquat's long, oval shape. That's why nagami refers to the shrub and its small, orange, edible fruits.