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/səvˈɪl ˈɔrəndʒ/ Listen

Seville orange

noun

Any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock. Synonyms: bigarade, bitter orange, bitter orange tree, Citrus aurantium, marmalade orange, sour orange.

Highly acidic orange used especially in marmalade. Synonyms: bitter orange, sour orange.

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"Seville orange" Quotes from Famous Books

... of a pint of melted butter, or good thickened gravy; stir them the same way as you did the melted butter, or it will oil. Some boil and mince fine a few leaves of parsley or chevrel or tarragon, and add to the sauce; others, the juice of half a Seville orange ...

— A Poetical Cook-Book • Maria J. Moss

Words linked to "Seville orange" : marmalade orange, sour orange, orange tree, genus Citrus, orange