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Citrus aurantium

noun
1.
Any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock.  Synonyms: bigarade, bitter orange, bitter orange tree, marmalade orange, Seville orange, sour orange.






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"Citrus aurantium" Quotes from Famous Books



... vitifolius, L. Congo. Hibiscus (Abelmoschus) Moschatus, Moench Ditto. Hibiscus aff. H. Sabdariffae Dahome. Gossypium sp. Congo. Walthenia Indica, L. Dahome. Walthenia (?) Congo. Triumfetta rhomboidea (?) Congo, Annabom, Dahome. Acridocarpus sp. Congo. Citrus Aurantium (?) Annabom (not laid in). Citrus sp. Annabom (not laid in). Cardiospermum Helicacabum, L. Annabom. Anacardium occidentale, L. Congo and Annabom. Spondias dubia? Reich. Annabom. Cnestis(?) sp. Dahome. Cnestis(?) sp. Congo. (?)Spondias sp. (very young) Ditto (not laid in). (?)Soindeia ...
— Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 • Richard F. Burton

... are distilled with water, we procure the otto of the blossom, which is known commercially as oil of neroli. The neroli procured from the flowers of the Citrus aurantium is considered to be the finest quality, and is called "neroli petale." The next quality, "neroli bigarade," is derived from the blossoms of the Citrus bigaradia, or Seville orange. Another quality, which is considered inferior to the preceding, is the neroli petit ...
— The Art of Perfumery - And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants • G. W. Septimus Piesse



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