Bigarade (Noun)
Meaning
Any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The bitter bigarade oranges are often used for making marmalade and other preserves.
- In corsican cuisine, bigarade oranges are used to make a traditional liqueur called Cedratine.
- The bigarade tree is often used as a grafting stock for sweeter orange varieties.
- Bigarade oranges have a distinct bitter flavor and are often used in savory dishes.
- In some parts of the world, bigarade trees are used as a rootstock for grafting other citrus fruits.