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FORTUNELLA

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Fortunella; genus Fortunella

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Fortunella"):

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)

Fortunella japonica; marumi; marumi kumquat; round kumquat (shrub bearing round-fruited kumquats)

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

family Rutaceae; rue family; Rutaceae (a family of dicotyledonous plants of order Geraniales; have flowers that are divide into four or five parts and usually have a strong scent)

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