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Definition of Sweet orange
1. Noun. Orange with sweet juicy pulp; often has a thin skin.
Specialized synonyms: Jaffa Orange, Navel Orange, Valencia Orange
Group relationships: Citrus Sinensis, Sweet Orange Tree
2. Noun. Probably native to southern China; widely cultivated as source of table and juice oranges.
Group relationships: Genus Citrus
Generic synonyms: Orange, Orange Tree
Definition of Sweet orange
1. Noun. A type of citrus fruit, commonly known as the orange. The species name is ''Citrus sinensis''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sweet Orange
Literary usage of Sweet orange
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"The sour Orange, the bitter-sweet Orange, the rough lemons, the grape-fruit or
pomelo and the Citrus trifoliata have all been used successfully as stock for ..."
2. The Lancet (1842)
"Citrus aurantium, sweet orange (flowers and their distilled oil, fruit, rind).
... sweet orange ..."
3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"The common or sweet orange is widely cult, in all the tropical and subtropical
regions of the ... The sweet orange is commonly used as a stock on which ..."
4. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1920)
"The four types of the sweet orange also differ in similar way in size and ...
The sweet orange and sour orange seedlings grown for stock purposes are ..."
5. The Forest Flora of North-west and Central India: A Handbook of the by John Lindsay Stewart, Dietrich Brandis (1874)
"Gallesio states (1. cp 32), that during a series of years he had sown the seeds
of the sweet Orange ; that they never produced bitter Oranges ; and that ..."
6. Proceedings by American Pomological Society (1900)
"In attempting to obtain sorts having the quality and flavor of the common sweet
orange with a loose, easily removed rind, like the Mandarin type of orange, ..."
7. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"The sour Orange, the bitter-sweet Orange, the rough lemons, the grape-fruit or
pomelo and the Citrus trifoliata have all been used successfully as stock for ..."
8. The Lancet (1842)
"Citrus aurantium, sweet orange (flowers and their distilled oil, fruit, rind).
... sweet orange ..."
9. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"The common or sweet orange is widely cult, in all the tropical and subtropical
regions of the ... The sweet orange is commonly used as a stock on which ..."
10. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1920)
"The four types of the sweet orange also differ in similar way in size and ...
The sweet orange and sour orange seedlings grown for stock purposes are ..."
11. The Forest Flora of North-west and Central India: A Handbook of the by John Lindsay Stewart, Dietrich Brandis (1874)
"Gallesio states (1. cp 32), that during a series of years he had sown the seeds
of the sweet Orange ; that they never produced bitter Oranges ; and that ..."
12. Proceedings by American Pomological Society (1900)
"In attempting to obtain sorts having the quality and flavor of the common sweet
orange with a loose, easily removed rind, like the Mandarin type of orange, ..."