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Definition of Bitter Orange in English :

Bitter Orange

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Noun

1. bigarade, bitter orange, bitter orange tree, citrus aurantium, marmalade orange, seville orange, sour orange

any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock

2. bitter orange, seville orange, sour orange

highly acidic orange used especially in marmalade

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bitter Orange

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noun

another name for Seville orange

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Bitter Orange

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n.

1. An orange tree (Citrus aurantium) that is widely cultivated in warm regions and has reddish-orange, highly acidic fruit.

2. The fruit of this tree. In both senses also called bigarade, Seville orange, sour orange.

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