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/bˈɪtər ˈɔrəndʒ/ Listen

Bitter orange

noun

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

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

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"Bitter orange" Quotes from Famous Books

... propagated by means of grafting the sweet variety on to the stock of the bitter orange—said on doubtful authority to be indigenous to this district—which is fairly hardy and can be grown in the open as far north as Tuscany, so that every aranciaria ought to possess a nursery of flourishing young sweet-orange ...

— The Naples Riviera • Herbert M. Vaughan

Words linked to "Bitter orange" : orange, bitter orange tree, orange tree, genus Citrus