sweet_orange has definitions from the fields of chemistry,botany,food
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[ noun ] (chemistry,botany,food) orange with sweet juicy pulp; often thin-skinned

Used in print

(Edwin L. Bigelow and Nancy H. Otis,...)

Still existing on a `` Northern_Union '' telegraph_form is a typical peremptory message from Peru grocer J._J._Hapgood to Burton and Graves ' store in Manchester - `` Get and send by stage sure four pounds best Porterhouse or sirloin steak , for Mrs._Hapgood send six sweet_oranges '' .

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[ noun ] (botany) probably native to southern China; widely cultivated as source of table and juice oranges

Related terms

orange genus_Citrus

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