bigarade
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French bigarade.
Noun
bigarade (plural bigarades)
- (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)
- bitter orange (fruit of Citrus aurantium)
- Synonym: orange amère
Derived terms
Descendants
- → English: bigarade
Further reading
- “bigarade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.