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Seville orange
noun[ C ]
mainly UKuk /səˌvɪl ˈɒr.ɪndʒ/ us /səˌvɪl ˈɔːr.ɪndʒ/(US alsosour orange)
a type of orange with sour juice and thick skin, used for making marmalade (= a slightly bitter jam eaten at breakfast):
The Seville orange (Citrus aurantium) has sour fruits, and is mostly cooked to make marmalade.
The aromatic skin of Seville oranges is used to flavour orange flower water.
The habit of flavouring roast duck with the rind and juice of Seville oranges may have originated in Italy.
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Types of fruit
ackee
alligator pear
alpine strawberry
amla
açaí
cloudberry
coconut
cooker
cooking apple
copra
litchi
loganberry
longan
loquat
lychee
Red Delicious
redcurrant
rockmelon
rose hip
salmonberry
Synonym
bitter orange
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