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bigarade

[ big-uh-reyd, bee-guh-rahd; French bee-ga-rad ]

noun

, plural bi·ga·rades [big-, uh, -, reydz, -, rahdz, bee-g, a, -, rad].
  1. a Seville or bitter orange.


adjective

  1. French Cooking. (of a sauce) prepared with bitter oranges:

    duck bigarade.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bigarade1

1695–1705; < French: bitter orange < Provençal bigarrado, derivative of bigarrar to variegate; bigarreau

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Example Sentences

Score the skin, and dish the fillets in a circle with a little Bigarade sauce poured over them.

The next quality, "neroli bigarade," is derived from the blossoms of the Citrus bigaradia, or Seville orange.

Neroli Bigarade oil, distilled from the fresh blossoms of the bitter orange, Citrus bigaradia.

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