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Definition of Navel orange
1. Noun. Seedless orange enclosing a small secondary fruit at the apex.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Navel Orange
Literary usage of Navel orange
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Citrus Fruits and Their Culture by H. Harold Hume (1911)
"More recently a variety of navel orange known as Surprise has been brought forward
... Regarding the first mention of the navel orange in citrus literature. ..."
2. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1916)
"BUD VARIATION Washington navel orange "Running Out" as a Variety—Reason Found to
be Due to Wrong Methods of Propagation—Can be Conserved by Utilization of ..."
3. Stories of California by Ella M. Sexton (1902)
"THE STORY OF THE navel orange Who has not enjoyed a juicy navel orange, while
wondering at its peculiar shape and lack of troublesome seeds? ..."
4. Citrus Fruits: An Account of the Citrus Fruit Industry, with Special by John Eliot Coit (1915)
"Mrs. LC Tibbet, who first brought the true navel orange to California 18 4.
One of the two original Washington navel orange trees brought to California ..."
5. Culture of the Citrus in California by Byron Martin Lelong, California State Board of Horticulture (1902)
"Those descriptions undoubtedly , refer to the navel orange- Thus it would seem
that the ! navel formation is of great j antiquity. ..."
6. Biennial Report by South Dakota, California State Board of Horticulture, State Athletic Commission (1890)
"There you will see the product of this budding the Washington navel orange on
the China lemon root. It is absolutely worthless in a commercial sense. ..."
7. A Handy Book of Curious Information: Comprising Strange Happenings in the by William Shepard Walsh (1913)
"The navel orange is frequently seedless, and what few seeds are ever found in it
are small and undeveloped. Organ. In many respects the great organ ..."
8. A Handy Book of Curious Information: Comprising Strange Happenings in the by William Shepard Walsh (1913)
"Buds from the trees producing these freaks were grafted upon other stock, and
gradually the semi-dwarf navel-orange tree was established in California. ..."
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