What does "seville orange" mean?

The bitter orange: a tree and fruit of the species Citrus aurantium.

Seville orange

Q: What is a synonym for "seville orange"?

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

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Noun

1
The bitter orange: a tree and fruit of the species Citrus aurantium.
"DON PEDRO. Why, how now, count! wherefore are you sad? CLAUDIO. Not sad, my lord. DON PEDRO. How then? Sick? CLAUDIO. Neither, my lord. BEATRICE. The count is neither sad, nor sick, nor merry, nor well; but civil count, civil as an orange, and something of that jealous complexion."
2
highly acidic orange used especially in marmalade wordnet
3
any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

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

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"DON PEDRO. Why, how now, count! wherefore are you sad? CLAUDIO. Not sad, my lord. DON PEDRO. How then? Sick? CLAUDIO. Neither, my lord. BEATRICE. The count is neither sad, nor sick, nor merry, nor well; but civil count, civil as an orange, and something of that jealous complexion."

Etymology

From Seville + orange.

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