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sweet orange

DEFINITIONS OF: sweet orange

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n probably native to southern China; widely cultivated as source of table and juice oranges

Synonyms:
Citrus sinensis, sweet orange tree
Type of:
orange, orange tree
any citrus tree bearing oranges

n orange with sweet juicy pulp; often has a thin skin

Types:
Jaffa orange
sweet almost seedless orange of Israel
navel orange
seedless orange enclosing a small secondary fruit at the apex
Valencia orange
variety of sweet orange cultivated extensively in Florida and California
Type of:
orange
round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees
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