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Noun: Seville orange  su'vil 'o-rinj
  1. Highly acidic orange used especially in marmalade
    "She made marmalade from Seville oranges";
    - bitter orange, sour orange
     
  2. Any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock
    "They made traditional marmalade from Seville oranges";
    - sour orange, bitter orange, bitter orange tree, bigarade, marmalade orange, Citrus aurantium

Derived forms: Seville oranges

Type of: orange, orange tree

Part of: genus Citrus

Encyclopedia: Seville orange