SC - Are Kumquats period

[Nanna Rögnvaldardóttir]

Lorix wrote:
>Firstly, are they period and, if so, how
>would they have been used in period?


They came from China and seem to have been known in Europe in the late 17th
century; the name was then spelled camquit or cumquat (from Cantonese kam
kwat, golden orange). I´m not sure if they were actually brought to Europe
then or if they were only known from travelogues.

Nanna


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