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Definition of Bitter orange
1. Noun. Any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock.
Terms within: Seville Orange, Sour Orange
Group relationships: Genus Citrus
Generic synonyms: Orange, Orange Tree
2. Noun. Highly acidic orange used especially in marmalade.
Generic synonyms: Orange
Group relationships: Bigarade, Bitter Orange Tree, Citrus Aurantium, Marmalade Orange, Seville Orange, Sour Orange
Definition of Bitter orange
1. Noun. A citrus tree of the species (spelink Citrus aurantium). ¹
2. Noun. A fruit of the species (spelink Citrus aurantium). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bitter Orange
Literary usage of Bitter orange
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Druggist (1889)
"A splendid French bitter is made from Ц pounds each red cinchona bark, calisaya
bark, bitter orange peel, and sweet orange peel ; 2 ounces of calamus root, ..."
2. Origin of Cultivated Plants by Alphonse de Candolle (1885)
"is no instance of a bitter orange tree from seed of sweet oranges ... I am not
aware, however, that the seed of the bitter orange has ever grown up into the ..."
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