sweet orange
- noun
- /swit ˈɔrɪndʒ/
:
naranja dulce
- I enjoyed a refreshing glass of juice made from ripe sweet oranges this morning.
Examples
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At the market, I bought a dozen sweet oranges to use in my fruit salad.
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So this has notes of sparkling champagne and sweet orange peel and grapefruit oil.
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Sir, will you buy my sweet orange?
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Kojic acid, sweet orange, virgin coconut.
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All sweet orange, grapefruit, and mandarin trees grown on sour orange rootstock are susceptible to quick decline.
Academic text (1994) -
You get the sweet orange and frangipani body oil, grapefruit and rosewood bath soak, the grapefruit body lotion.
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Gaskalla says that grapefruit and sweet orange industries may well be affected, regardless of the rootstocks involved, if severe stem-pitting strains of citrus tristeza virus appear.
Academic text (1994) -
The sweet orange is not only delicious but also packed with vitamin C.
Synonyms
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1.0
A round fruit with sweet juicy flesh and a bright skin you peel
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2.1
A fruit like an orange or lemon with thick rind and juicy flesh
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1.3
A juicy fruit with thick skin like an orange or lemon
A sweet orange that is very juicy and often grown for juice
A large sweet fruit with deep orange skin that peels easily
A large sweet orange with easy to peel skin grown in Florida
Antonyms
How Sweet
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is a straightforward adjective + noun composition: 'sweet' (having sugar-like taste) modifies 'orange' (the citrus fruit), so the meaning of a sweet-tasting orange is directly derivable from its parts. This is a common, cross-linguistic compositional pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
The name sweet orange may come from sellers who used sweet to show this kind of orange was good to eat, not 'bitter'. So today sweet orange means the round, sweet fruit we eat or squeeze for juice.