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orange tree

DEFINITIONS OF: orange tree

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n any citrus tree bearing oranges

Synonyms:
orange
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Citrus aurantium, Seville orange, bigarade, bitter orange, bitter orange tree, marmalade orange, sour orange
any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock
Citrus bergamia, bergamot, bergamot orange
small tree with pear-shaped fruit whose oil is used in perfumery; Italy
Citrus sinensis, sweet orange, sweet orange tree
probably native to southern China; widely cultivated as source of table and juice oranges
Citrus nobilis, king orange, tangor, temple orange, temple orange tree
large citrus tree having large sweet deep orange fruit that is easily peeled; widely cultivated in Florida
Type of:
citrus, citrus tree
any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds
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