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Definition of Orange tree
1. Noun. Any citrus tree bearing oranges.
Terms within: Orange
Group relationships: Genus Citrus
Generic synonyms: Citrus, Citrus Tree
Terms within: Orangewood
Specialized synonyms: Bigarade, Bitter Orange, Bitter Orange Tree, Citrus Aurantium, Marmalade Orange, Seville Orange, Sour Orange, Bergamot, Bergamot Orange, Citrus Bergamia, Citrus Sinensis, Sweet Orange, Sweet Orange Tree, Citrus Nobilis, King Orange, Tangor, Temple Orange, Temple Orange Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Orange Tree
Literary usage of Orange tree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1890)
"Take the orange tree, for instance, and it is not necessary to cut back like the
gentleman speaks about it, in pruning the apricot and the peach; ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"When not injured by frost, the Florida orange tree is immensely productive of
thin-skinned ... Sprout-grown orange tree. fruit with a lemon's acidity, ..."
3. Report of the Secretary for Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1868)
"All that has been said in regard to the cultivation of the orange tree ...
But the fruit of the citron tree is more delicate than that of the orange tree. ..."
4. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1883)
"The orange-tree bears a close resemblance to the formal idealized plant, ...
The orange-tree grows all the time. That is to be thought of. ..."
5. Medical lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science by Robley Dunglison (1856)
"CITRUS, see Citrus medica — e. Acida, see Lime. CITRUS AURAN'TIUM. The systematic
name of the orange tree, Auran'tium, ..."
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