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Seville orange

Seville orange noun: the bitter orange: a tree and fruit of the species Citrus aurantium.

Noun

Seville orange (plural Seville oranges)

  1. The bitter orange: a tree and fruit of the species Citrus aurantium.
    • DON PEDRO. Why, how now, count! wherefore are you sad?
      CLAUDIO. Not sad, my lord.
      DON PEDRO. How then? Sick?
      CLAUDIO. Neither, my lord.
      BEATRICE. The count is neither sad, nor sick, nor merry, nor well; but civil count, civil as an orange, and something of that jealous complexion.1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    • In Seville was he born, a pleasant city,
      Famous for oranges and women—he
      Who has not seen it will be much to pity,
      So says the proverb—and I quite agree;1819 July 15, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, canto I, (please specify the stanza number)
    Synonyms:
    bigarade

Seville orange meaning in Tamil and Kannada

Seville orange in Tamil

Seville orange, bitter orange
கொழுமிச்சை koḻumiccai, கிச்சிலி kiccili

Seville orange in Kannada

Seville orange, bitter orange, Citrus aurantium
ಕಿತ್ತಳೆ kittaḷe

Synonyms of Seville orange

Forms of Seville orange

pluralSeville oranges

Origin of Seville orange

From Seville + orange.

Questions about Seville orange

What does Seville orange mean?
Seville orange means the bitter orange: a tree and fruit of the species Citrus aurantium.
What is Seville orange in Tamil?
Seville orange in Tamil is கொழுமிச்சை (koḻumiccai), கிச்சிலி (kiccili). See Seville orange meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Seville orange?
Seville orange is a noun.
What is the plural of Seville orange?
The plural of Seville orange is Seville oranges.

Words near Seville orange in the dictionary

  1. Sevillano
  2. Sevillanos
  3. Sevillans
  4. Seville
  5. Seville East
  6. Seville orange
  7. Seville oranges
  8. Sevillian
  9. Sevillians
  10. sevir
  11. sevirate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Seville orange (page history and authors); கிச்சிலி (Tamil) (page history and authors); ಕಿತ್ತಳೆ (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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