bigarade

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French bigarade.

Noun

bigarade (plural bigarades)

1. (archaic) The bitter orange (fruit).
   • 1880, Arnold Cooley, Richard Tuson, Cooley's Practical Receipts‎^[1], volume II:

     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, […]

French

Etymology

From Occitan or Provençal bigarrada, bigarrat, related to the origin of bigarrer (“to variegate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.ɡa.ʁad/

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Noun

bigarade f (plural bigarades)

1. bitter orange (fruit of Citrus aurantium)

   Synonym: orange amère

Derived terms

• bigaradier

Descendants

• → English: bigarade

Further reading

• “bigarade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.