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bigarade en · NOUN

Etymology

Borrowed from French bigarade.

Meanings

1. (archaic) The bitter orange (fruit).
   • 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:

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