Seville Orange (Noun)

Meaning ¹

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

Classification

Nouns denoting plants.

Examples

• The farmer carefully grafted a sweet orange branch onto a seville orange rootstock to create a more resilient tree.
• Seville orange trees are often used as a base for grafting other citrus varieties due to their hardiness and adaptability.
• The bitter flavor of the seville orange made it less desirable for eating fresh, but it was still useful for making marmalade.
• In the nursery, rows of seville orange trees stood waiting to be grafted with other citrus varieties to create new and interesting flavor combinations.
• The gardener chose to plant a seville orange tree as a rootstock for her new dwarf Washington navel orange tree, hoping to give it a strong foundation.

Synonyms

• Bitter Orange
• Sour Orange
• Citrus Aurantium
• Bitter Orange Tree
• Bigarade
• Marmalade Orange

Hypernyms

• Orange

Meaning ²

Highly acidic orange used especially in marmalade.

Classification

Nouns denoting foods and drinks.

Synonyms

• Bitter Orange
• Sour Orange

Hypernyms

• Orange