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Seville oranges

Seville oranges is the plural of Seville orange.

Meaning of Seville orange

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]...
    Synonyms:
    bigarade

Questions about Seville oranges

What is Seville oranges the plural of?
Seville oranges is the plural of Seville orange.

Words near Seville oranges in the dictionary

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

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