Bitter Orange

Definitions: Bitter Orange

Bitter Orange

Noun

1. Any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock.

2. Highly acidic orange used especially in marmalade.

Synonyms: Bitter Orange

Synonyms: bigarade (n), bitter orange tree (n), marmalade orange (n), sour orange (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Bitter orange

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Bitter Orange is a name used to refer to several citrus or citrus-like fruit trees. Citrus aurantium ssp. amara is a spiny evergreen tree native to southern Vietnam but widely cultivated. Bitter oranges are also called sour, bigarade or Seville oranges. They are used as grafting stock for citrus trees, in herbal medicine, in marmalade, and in the liqueurs triple sec and curacao.

Bergamot (Citrus bergamia) is sometimes called Citrus aurantium ssp. bergamia.

Citrus myrtifolia is also called Citrus aurantium var. myrtifolia.

Citris limetta is called a bitter orange.

Poncirus trifoliata sometimes called Citrus trifoliata is called bitter orange or hardy orange.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bitter orange."

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Crosswords: Bitter Orange

English words defined with "bitter orange": bigarade, bitter orange tree ♦ Citrus aurantium ♦ Gymnopilus spectabilis ♦ Limonin ♦ marmalade orange ♦ Seville orange, sour orange. (references)

Specialty definitions using "bitter orange": Bishop, Cardinal, Pope, bitter oranges ♦ curaçao ♦ Orange Blossoms Worn at Weddings ♦ Seville oranges. (references)

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Expression: Bitter Orange

Expression using "bitter orange": bitter orange tree. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Bitter Orange

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
bitter orange	61
bitter orange extract	7
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Bitter Orange

Language		Translations for "bitter orange"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏خشخاش. (various references)

Czech		hořký pomeranè. (various references)

French		orange amère. (various references)

Hebrew		חושחש. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		橙 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		� い� い (for generations, generation after generation, hereditary, main telephone number). (various references)

Manx		oranje harroo (Seville orange). (various references)

Pig Latin		itterbay orangeay

Russian		померанец. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		gorka pomorandža. (various references)

Spanish		naranja agria. (various references)

Turkish		turunç (seville orange). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Bitter Orange

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-e-e-g-i-n-o-r-r-t-t"
	-1 letter: interrogate.
	-2 letters: integrator, retreating.
	-3 letters: argentite, bartering, battering, bettering, generator, integrate, negotiate, orangerie, orientate, retearing, retorting, teratogen.
	-4 letters: abetting, aborting, aigrette, airborne, anterior, banterer, baritone, barrette, battener, batterie, begotten, berating, berretta, betatron, birretta, bitterer, borating, brattier, erigeron, garotter, garrotte, gnattier, gratinee, grottier, interage, nitrator, obtainer, orangier, rattener, rebating, reboring, regainer, reobtain, reorient, retainer, retarget.
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