Meanings
plural bigarades
- archaicThe bitter orange (fruit).
1 more example
Eau de Naphre, Eau le Naphe, Fr.; Aqua naphæ, L. This article is distilled in Languedoc from the leaves of the bigarade, or bitter-orange tree, but the preparation sold in England under this name is often prepared as follows: —Orange flowers, 7 lbs.; fresh yellow peel of the bigarade or Seville orange, […]
1880, Arnold Cooley, Richard Tuson, Cooley's Practical Receipts, volume II
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchbigarade
- Englishbigarade
Borrowed from French bigarade.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
bigarade. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bigarade
“bigarade.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bigarade. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bigarade,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bigarade.
Source: bigarade on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.