navel orange
a seedless variety of orange having at the apex a navellike formation containing a small secondary fruit.
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How to use navel orange in a sentence
Who has not enjoyed a juicy navel orange, while wondering at its peculiar shape and lack of troublesome seeds?
Stories of California | Ella M. SextonThe navel orange is seedless and exceedingly sweet, although lacking somewhat in the spicy flavor found in other varieties.
The History of Cuba, vol. 5 | Willis Fletcher JohnsonThe navel orange, although not native to California, reaches its finest development in that State.
Commercial Geography | Jacques W. RedwayHe picked up a navel orange, and pointing to the navel said, "What is that?"
The Mother and Her Child | William S. Sadler
British Dictionary definitions for navel orange
a sweet orange that is usually seedless and has at its apex a navel-like depression enclosing an underdeveloped secondary fruit
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