Meanings
plural bitter oranges
- A citrus tree of the hybrid species Citrus × aurantium, also called Citrus aurantium.
Synonyms: Seville orange, sour orange, bigarade, bigarade orange, marmalade orange
- A citrus tree of the species Citrus limetta.
- The fruit of these species.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA citrus tree of the hybrid species Citrus × aurantium, also called Citrus aurantium.
More synonyms by meaning
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.
Translations
Ancient Greek νεράντζιον, νεραντζέα
- νεράντζιον (nerántzion)fruit
- νεραντζέα (nerantzéa)tree
Arabic نَارِنْج
- نَارِنْج (nārinj)fruit
Chinese Mandarin 苦橙, 苦橙樹 /苦橙树
- 苦橙 (kǔchéng)fruit
- 苦橙樹 /苦橙树 (kǔchéngshù)tree
Danish pomerans, pomeranstræ
- pomeransfruit
- pomeranstrætree
Dutch zure sinaasappel, bittersinaasappel
- zure sinaasappelfruit
- bittersinaasappelfruit
- pomeransfruit
Finnish pomeranssi, pomeranssi
- pomeranssifruit
- pomeranssitree
- pomeranssipuutree
French bigarade, orange amère
- bigaradefruit
- orange amèrefruit
- bigaradiertree
German Bitterorange, Pomeranze
- Bitterorangefruit
- Pomeranzefruit
- Sevilla-Orangefruit
- saure Orangefruit
- Bitterorangetree
- Pomeranzetree
Greek νεράντζι, νεραντζιά
- νεράντζι (nerántzi)fruit
- νεραντζιά (nerantziá)tree
Hungarian keserű narancs, szevillai narancs
- keserű narancstree
- szevillai narancstree
Italian arancia amara, arancio amaro
- arancia amarafruit
- arancio amarotree
- melangolotree
- cetrangolotree
- cedrangolotree
Persian نارنج, نارنگ
- نارنج (nârenj)fruit
- نارنگ (nârang, nâreng)fruit
- نارنج (nârenj)tree
- درخت نارنج (deraxt-e nârenj)tree
Polish pomarańcza gorzka, pomarańcza gorzka
- pomarańcza gorzkafruit
- pomarańcza gorzkatree
Portuguese laranja azeda, laranja amarga
- laranja azedafruit
- laranja amargafruit
- laranja-da-terrafruit
- laranjeira-azedatree
- laranjeira-amargatree
- laranjeira-da-terratree
Romanian portocal sălbatic, portocală amară
- portocal sălbaticfruit
- portocală amarăfruit
- portocal sălbatictree
- portocală amarătree
Russian помера́нец, помера́нец
- помера́нец (pomeránec)fruit
- помера́нец (pomeránec)tree
- бигара́дия (bigarádija)tree
Spanish naranja amarga, naranja agria
- naranja amargafruit
- naranja agriafruit
Swedish pomerans, pomerans
- pomeransfruit
- pomeranstree
Tamil கொழுமிச்சை, கொழுமிச்சை
- கொழுமிச்சை (koḻumiccai)fruit
- கொழுமிச்சை (koḻumiccai)tree
Turkish turunç
- turunçfruit
Cite this entry
bitter orange. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bitter%20orange
“bitter orange.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bitter%20orange. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bitter orange,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bitter%20orange.
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