Bigarade

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Common synonyms include: bitter orange, bitter orange tree, sour orange, citrus aurantium, marmalade orange, orange tree.

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Noun

1
The bitter orange (fruit). archaic
"Eau de Naphre, Eau le Naphe, Fr.; Aqua naphæ, L. This article is distilled in Languedoc from the leaves of the bigarade, or bitter-orange tree, but the preparation sold in England under this name is often prepared as follows: —Orange flowers, 7 lbs.; fresh yellow peel of the bigarade or Seville orange, […]"
2
any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock wordnet

Synonyms

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bitter orange bitter orange tree sour orange citrus aurantium marmalade orange orange tree

Antonyms

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sweet orange

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"Eau de Naphre, Eau le Naphe, Fr.; Aqua naphæ, L. This article is distilled in Languedoc from the leaves of the bigarade, or bitter-orange tree, but the preparation sold in England under this name is often prepared as follows: —Orange flowers, 7 lbs.; fresh yellow peel of the bigarade or Seville orange, […]"

Etymology

Borrowed from French bigarade.

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