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Sweet orange

noun

Orange with sweet juicy pulp; often has a thin skin.

Probably native to southern China; widely cultivated as source of table and juice oranges. Synonyms: Citrus sinensis, sweet orange tree.

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"Sweet orange" Quotes from Famous Books

... year, from the Azores, Spain, Portugal, Italy, &c. They are brought over in chests and boxes, packed separately in paper to preserve them. The oranges in common use with us are the bitter or Seville, the China or sweet orange, and those ...

— A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery • Benziger Brothers

... quality. It is not unlike a ripe coffee berry, and does not at first appear to have a superior degree of sweetness, but it leaves in the mouth so much of that impression, that a glass of vinegar tastes like sweet wine, and the sourest lemon like a sweet orange; sugar is quite an unnecessary article in tea or coffee; in fact, the most nauseous drug seems sweet to whomever chews this fruit, and its effect is not worn away until after several meals. It is generally called the miraculous ...

— Lander's Travels - The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa • Robert Huish