SOUR ORANGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sour orange mean? 

• SOUR ORANGE (noun)
  The noun SOUR ORANGE has 2 senses:

1. any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock

2. highly acidic orange used especially in marmalade

  Familiarity information: SOUR ORANGE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOUR ORANGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bigarade; bitter orange; bitter orange tree; Citrus aurantium; marmalade orange; Seville orange; sour orange

Hypernyms ("sour orange" is a kind of...):

orange; orange tree (any citrus tree bearing oranges)

Meronyms (parts of "sour orange"):

bitter orange; Seville orange; sour orange (highly acidic orange used especially in marmalade)

Holonyms ("sour orange" is a member of...):

genus Citrus (orange; lemon; lime; etc.)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Highly acidic orange used especially in marmalade

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

bitter orange; Seville orange; sour orange

Hypernyms ("sour orange" is a kind of...):

orange (round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees)

Holonyms ("sour orange" is a part of...):

bigarade; bitter orange; bitter orange tree; Citrus aurantium; marmalade orange; Seville orange; sour orange (any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock)