sour orange
Frequency: 6.55.2 per million words
describes an orange that is not sweet
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Examples (10)
- The sour orange was too tart for juice.
- I mistakenly bit into a sour orange, expecting sweetness.
- These sour oranges are usually used for marmalade.
- She made a face after tasting the extremely sour orange.
- In some regions, sour oranges are preferred for culinary dishes.
- He described the fruit as a small, intensely sour orange.
- The recipe specifically called for a sour orange zest.
- Don't confuse a sweet variety with a sour orange.
- A single sour orange can ruin the whole batch of juice.
- The market stall sold both sweet and sour oranges.