bigarade

Examples

• All

• Gardeners prefer the bigarade for its disease resistance when grafting citrus varieties.

• Many marmalades are made from bigarade fruit due to its tart flavor.

• The bigarade tree is known for its sour fruit.

• Many chefs prefer using bigarade in their recipes.

• The chef used bigarade to create a tangy sauce for the fish.

• Farmers often choose bigarade oranges as rootstock for their grafted trees.

• In her marmalade recipe, she included bigarade for its distinctive sour flavor.

Synonyms

W

wild orange

vsbigarade

1 8.5

A small tree with fragrant flowers and bitter, inedible fruit

is the cultivated sour grafting variety rather than a wild, inedible form

S

Seville orange

vsbigarade

1 6.5

A bitter sour orange used to make marmalade and to grow other citrus trees

is used more generally as grafting stock without stressing marmalade use

B

bitter orange tree

vsbigarade

1 6.3

A tree that produces sour oranges used for marmalade and grafting

is the same grafting-use tree but identified by an alternate traditional name

B

bitter orange

vsbigarade

1 5.9

A type of orange tree that produces small sour fruit and is used for grafting and marmalade

is the same cultivated type but referred to by a different traditional name

C

Citrus aurantium

vsbigarade

• Specialized

1 7.7

An orange tree with bitter fruit used for marmalade and flavoring

is the common cultivated variety used mainly as grafting stock rather than the scientific label

S

sour orange

vsbigarade

5.0

A tree that makes bitter oranges used as root for other orange trees and for marmalade

focuses more on its role as a cultivated grafting stock rather than cooking use

M

marmalade orange

vsbigarade

6.9

A small orange tree that makes sour fruit used for marmalade and to start new orange trees

serves primarily as a grafting variety without highlighting culinary use

Surface Forms

Etymology