bigarade
- noun
- /ˈbɪɡəˌreɪd/
- Specialized
- The bigarade is often used as a rootstock for sweet orange trees.
Examples
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Gardeners prefer the bigarade for its disease resistance when grafting citrus varieties.
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Many marmalades are made from bigarade fruit due to its tart flavor.
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The bigarade tree is known for its sour fruit.
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Many chefs prefer using bigarade in their recipes.
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The chef used bigarade to create a tangy sauce for the fish.
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Farmers often choose bigarade oranges as rootstock for their grafted trees.
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In her marmalade recipe, she included bigarade for its distinctive sour flavor.
Synonyms
A tree that makes bitter oranges used as root for other orange trees and for marmalade
A bitter sour orange used to make marmalade and to grow other citrus trees
A small tree with fragrant flowers and bitter, inedible fruit
An orange tree with bitter fruit used for marmalade and flavoring
A type of orange tree that produces small sour fruit and is used for grafting and marmalade
A tree that produces sour oranges used for marmalade and grafting
A small orange tree that makes sour fruit used for marmalade and to start new orange trees
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bigarade comes from French and names a bitter orange tree. Gardeners use the bigarade as a 'rootstock' for grafting because its sour fruit and strong roots help other orange trees grow.