navel orange

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A seedless orange with a small navel-like bump at the top

noun
/ˈneɪvəl ˈɔrɪndʒ/

: naranja navel

She prepared a fresh fruit salad with slices of navel orange for dessert.
a large navel orange
fresh navel orange
navel orange juice

Examples

In her grocery bag, she placed two navel oranges and a bunch of bananas.
I got three navel oranges.

The Guilt Trip (2012)
And then you have your navel orange and your grapefruit.
Then our Washington navel oranges, our rare delicious if not perfectly aesthetic but quite delicious yuzu.
The recipe called for one navel orange, so I made sure to squeeze its juice into the dressing.

Synonyms

orange

vsnavel orange

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A round fruit with sweet juicy flesh and a bright skin you peel

is a seedless variety with a small secondary fruit at its apex

How Sweet

sweet orange tree

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navel orange

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orange tree

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bitter orange tree

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Surface Forms

navel orange singular

navel oranges plural

Morphology

navel + orange

The term denotes an orange that has a navel-like (umbilical) formation at its top, so a learner who knows 'navel' and 'orange' can infer it is a type/variety of orange with that visible feature. This is a straightforward noun–noun descriptive compound (physical attribute), a compositional and commonly transparent naming pattern.

Etymology

Navel orange gets its name from a small second fruit at the top of the orange that looks like a belly button, or navel. Because this little navel is easy to see and the fruit is usually 'seedless', the name now means that seedless variety with a navel-like formation.