单词 | china orange |
释义 | > as lemmasChina orange a. Any of various kinds of citrus fruit with a usually reddish-yellow rind when mature and an acid many-celled juicy pulp; spec. (a) (more fully Seville orange, bitter orange) the fruit of Citrus aurantium, whose pulp is bitter and which is now used chiefly for making marmalade; (b) (more fully sweet orange, China orange) the fruit of C. sinensis and its varieties, which has a pleasantly acid pulp and is used for eating and making juice.bergamot, blood, Jaffa, mandarin, navel, Portugal, Satsuma, tangerine orange, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > citrus fruit > [noun] > orange orangea1400 orange apple1561 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > citrus fruit > orange golden applea1387 orangea1400 orange apple1561 a1400 J. Mirfield Sinonoma Bartholomei (1882) 15 Citrangulum pomum, orenge. a1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 647 Masuclum, orange. 1470 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 554 Dame Elyzabet Calthorp is a fayir lady and longyth for orangys, thow she be not wyth chyld. 1538 W. Turner Libellus de re Herbaria at Macer Malum medicum an oreche. ?1550 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI Treasury of Healthe (1585) sig. Sj The sede of Orenche. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. x. 161 The rynde of the Orrendge is hot, and the meate within it is cold. 1598 tr. G. de Rosselli Epulario sig. Cij Take the iuice of an Oringe, or else Vergice. 1632–3 in L. M. Clopper Rec. Early Eng. Drama: Chester (1979) 410 Item for Lemondes and orengees xd. a1666 Househ. Bks. J. Sharp in J. Stirton Leaves from MS (1929) 44 Sugar resines many organeges and a limon. 1666 S. Pepys Diary 6 Mar. (1972) VII. 67 I..made them welcome with wine and China oranges (now a great rarity). 1737 Gentleman's Mag. 7 36/1 Plenty of small Rum-Punch, well soured with Juice of Limon or Orange. 1796 Accurate & Impartial Narr. Campaigns 1793–4 (ed. 3) II. xi. 81 The whole tribe of Oranges, seville and sweet. 1826 Lancet 8 July 472/2 A large tumour which she says was of the size of an orange was found protruding from the anus. 1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. §796 The Bitter or Seville Orange, from the flowers of which an essential oil, called Neroli-oil, is procured. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 292 The Noble or Mandarin Orange is a small flattened and deep orange..it is exceedingly rich and sweet. 1870 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce 179 The rind of the orange yields by distillation a fragrant oil much used in perfumery. 1930 Times Educ. Suppl. 25 Jan. 31/2 The bitter or bigarade oranges are used for making marmalade. 1964 W. A. Anderson Angel Hudson Bay (new ed.) 94 Petabino came to visit them,..dressed up in new Company clothes and carrying a bag of oranges as a gift. 1987 Harrowsmith Nov. 120/3 Peel and pith oranges, then slice in rounds, removing any seeds. 2000 C. Hanger World Food: Morocco 41 Oranges are frequently served,..flavoured with rosewater or dressed with dates or walnuts. < as lemmas |
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