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Bitter orange
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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noun
1.
a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
2.
any white-flowered, evergreen citrus trees of the genus Citrus, bearing this fruit, as C. aurantium (bitter orange, Seville orange, or sour orange) and C. sinensis (sweet orange), cultivated in warm countries.
3.
any of several other citrus trees, as the trifoliate orange.
4.
any of several trees or fruits resembling an orange.
5.
EXPANDa color between yellow and red in the spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 590 and 610 nm; reddish yellow.
adjective
7.
of or pertaining to the orange.
8.
made or prepared with oranges or orangelike flavoring: orange sherbet.
9.
of the color orange; reddish-yellow.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English: the fruit or tree < Old French orenge, cognate with Spanish naranja < Arabic nāranj < Persian nārang < Sanskrit nāraṅga
1300–50; Middle English: the fruit or tree < Old French orenge, cognate with Spanish naranja < Arabic nāranj < Persian nārang < Sanskrit nāraṅga
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