1. Probably native to southern China; widely cultivated as source of table and juice oranges
   "Sweet orange trees fill the California groves";
   - sweet orange tree, Citrus sinensis
    
2. Orange with sweet juicy pulp; often has a thin skin
   "He squeezed fresh sweet oranges for morning juice"

Derived forms: sweet oranges

Type of: orange, orange tree

Part of: genus Citrus

Encyclopedia: Sweet orange