FORTUNELLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Fortunella mean? 

• FORTUNELLA (noun)
  The noun FORTUNELLA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: FORTUNELLA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FORTUNELLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Fortunella; genus Fortunella

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)